>> if (aDir(thisForm.dirArray, 'g:\ssi605\data\hksreg\*.*') > 0)
>> thisForm.fileList.rowSource = 'thisForm.dirArray'
> this.Requery()
>> endif
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>Does the above bolded code help?
>Also, you might rather use RowSourceType of 7 (files). In this case, set the RowSource = "g:\ssi605\data\hksreg\*.*", after you have verified the directory exists.

The listBox populates fine. I don't want the behavior of rowSourceType=7. ThisForm.dirArray contains the values string values I want it to have, and it is the source for the listBox.

The problem: listBox.value is returning the numeric index of the array, not the string contained in the array.