>>If you're using VFP 6.0, yes. The combo has a DisplayCount property that will allow you to adjust this. Prior to 6.0, no, not with the native control.
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>thanks, I don't know what i couldn't see that looking through the list of properties...

Been there. The old "forest and trees" applies, at least for me.:-)

>BTW, this little things are another good reason to upgrade to VFP 6.0

There are a lot of these sorts of things. In my mind, I don't know how I got along without _Access and _Assign before 6.0.