>>That's normal windows behavior, I can tell you that much, it's the same in other apps too. The apps usually get around it by:
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>>1) Using a combo
>>2) Using a textbox to input search chars
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>>I guess you could use MOUSE CLICK to automate it in vfp, maybe...
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>Hmmm. I did a quick test case and it seemed to work for me. Used a RowSourceType of Value and typed in some entries into RowSource.

Could well be, I haven't tried it lately, and don't recall what rowsource. But I have a some admin tools, for example, that do not work unless they receive a click first, so it's a more widespread problem, at least.

I just checked vfp with value as you say, and it works fine - the first problem though is the user (or me :) can't tell where the focus is with a listbox, so you almost have to click in it anyway, practically speaking...