I got it to work. I set the comboboxes rowsourcetype to 0. Then I put in the init event of the form:

thisform.combo1.additem("")
thisform.combo1.displayvalue = ""

Then in the gotfocus of the combobox:

thisform.combo1.rowsourcetype = 3
thisform.combo1.rowsource = "select whllist.longname, whllist.filename from whllist into cursor clwheelsys order by longname"


This allowed me to display the text when the form first loads and then whenever you go to use the combobox it fills with the correct data.

Thanks for getting me on the right track Marcia,

Tyler