A good suggestion, but 12K items in a Listbox seems excessive. Intrinsically, that's not what a Listbox is used for.

Dave

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>Thanks Dave for the answer!
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>>>Since a menu's purpose isn't to display that many items, it's slower, but >>that's not saying it doesn't have it's benefits.
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>Hummm... perhaps a new control with the look and feel of the listbox but not controlled by the menu. Sounds like a VFP 7.1 realease addition. < vbg >