I'm using the additem() to add to the rowsource with very little luck. I've only been using foxpro for a couple of months. don't know it real solid just yet.


>I have a paper copy of the article. It looks like you can only get the CD for the complete 1996 year. If you're interested, the URL is www.advisor.com/wHome.nsf/w/cds. But you should be able to accomplish what you are trying to do with the info Marcia and I have given you.
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>>Bill,
>>I've been searching for that article and haven't been able to find it online.
>>Do you still have it?
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>>>>Does anyone know how to set up a combo that a user can add choices to?
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>>>>JD
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>>>You have to use a combo type combo box that the user can type in. Then in the VALID or probably better, the LOSTFOCUS, you compare the VALUE property witht the DISPLAYVALUE property. If they're different, you add the new value into the list. There was an article by Tamat Granor in the June 1996 FoxPro advisor that dealt with this and other combo/listbox issues.
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>>>Bill