Hi Jill check out message #263901

>I have a combo box in a grid to allow the user to make a choice from a table. The first
>column is the description, the second is a numeric value.
>
>The combo box is based on my SSComboBox class, which is based (w/no changes)
>on the base class Combobox.
>
>It all works fine, with Sparse set to .F., but when focus is on the column w/the combobox, the text in the box does not show, i.e., it seems like both fore color and back color are the same.
>
>I've discovered that, with no other changes, setting the Sparse property of the column to .T.
>(default), the characters show in white, w/the background blue. BUT, when the focus leaves the
>column, the second column of the table appears (the numeric code), rather than the text.
>
>I don't care about sparse one way or the other, but I want my user to see the text of their choice.
>
>Here are the non default settings:
>
>Grid:
>RecordSource cCTAs
>
>Column:
>ControlSource cCTAs.NewCTACode
>CurrentControl SSComboBox1
>
>SSComboBox1:
>BoundColumn 2
>BoundTo .T.
>ControlSource cCTAs.NewCTACode
>RowSource CtAppearancesDefs
>RowSourceType is 2 - Alias
>Style 2 - Dropdown List
>Value 0
>
>No other color settings, background, foreground or dynamic are set.
>
>BTW, Hacker's Guide says: The control that shows when Sparse is .T. and a cell doesn't have focus is a text box. But you don't have any control over it at all. It's not the default text box that gets put in the column when you create the grid. It's a different text box, internal to FoxPro.
>
>TIA for your input.
>
>Jill