Jim, I shouldn't have used the word 'linked', since it is used elsewhere in VFP. I was referring to data in the field that is the combo's controlsource.
Barbara


>Barbara,
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>I too find ComboBoxes to be complex entities.
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>What do you mean by "put data in the linked field. . ." in the statement below? [I see *no* Linked property or method in ComboBox].
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>Cheers,
>Jim N
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>>Try a combo with an array sometime, and put data in the linked field that ISN'T in the combo's array. It shows up at the bottom of the combo's list until you move to another record. Sometimes that's good, more often not. I use it when there's a lot of old data that users want to see, but not change to the new version.
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>>Barbara