Hi Ken.

>> I've created a drop down combo box and the control source is an array. How do I make the first element of the array visible in the box without clicking on the down arrow? <<

This.ListIndex = 1 will do that for you. Just be aware that doing this will dirty the buffers, so if you have a routine that checks for changes, it will always detect a change if this is a bound control even if the user hasn't typed anything.

Marcia