>>I have a VFP5 listbox (original form, not subclassed)
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>>RowSourceType: Alias
>>RowSource: PLATE.DBF
>>Multiselect: TRUE
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>>The listbox works perfectly when it first gets focus, including selecting with SHIFT or CTRL keys. However, if I focus on another control and come back to the listbox, all of the previously selected items are unselected even if I have the CTRL key presssed. I realize that focussing on another control and then clicking on the list box WITHOUT the CTRL key pressed will un-select all items except the one clicked on. This problem is different.
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>>This is NOT "standard windows" and it is not the way VFP3 handled the situation. In VFP3 I had 4 list boxes and users could move back and forth selecting/unselecting values in each.
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>>Advice? Work-around?
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>>TIA
>>Barbara
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>Are the items actually deselected, or just loose highlight ? If just loosing highlight, maybe you can somehow re-highlight in gotfocus ?

There is an article FoxPro Advisor August 97 that says the items are de-selected. If you have a copy, see page 68, Final notes heading. There is also some code to create a SmartListBox.

HTH
Glenn