Hi Tom,

Try
thisform.combo1.ListIndex=1

thisform.combo1.DisplayValue='My Value'

The second string may be unnecessary.



>Hi all.....
>
>Sorry for such a "simple" question!
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>I'm allowing a user to right click on a field to pop up a drop down list to make a selection from.
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>The list comes up blank. (when you click on the down arrow the proper data is there...ie I think rowsource and type are properly set) How do I get an initial value in the list?
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>TIA
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>Tom Gahagan
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>I'll try and have a more difficult question soon. I'm just so sad that I did not win the Big Game Jackpot I guess I'm not thinking very well today.