No, all character data. The problem seemed to be that when I set the ListIndex the right value showed on the screen but wasn't always put into the table.


>Was that a difference between the bound field being character and numeric (as defined by the setting of the BOUNDTO property)?
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>>That should work too. I prefer using the value, since I've had problems with ListIndex not updating the combo's value property correctly.
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>>>Can you just set the ListIndex property to 1?