Or, set the boundColumn of the combo to 2.

>I have a wild idea: in you RowSource use:
>SELECT Desc, RecordID FROM Inventory ORDER BY Desc INTO CURSOR Temp1
>
>(e.g. Desc should be the first).


>Also you should know, that you can not use Desc as a field name. It should be >Descr at least to not confuse with DESCENDING word in FoxPro. It may be your >other problem too...

<g>The 'desc' should be blue in the editor

Kevin, did you see see the previous questions I asked?