>Why can I not consistently return/set the value for a combo box.
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>I can't do a seek with THIS.Value if it's typed, I must use SelText, and I can't set the value programatically and display it.
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>THIS.Value is correct but nothing is displayed and Seltext is empty.
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>Am I doing something stupid, or is this a 3.0 hairball I'll have to live with?

Matt, try using the trim() function with your combo value. I find that the length of the the combo value is NOT always what I expect, and SEEK gets befuddled.

HTH
Barbara