>Both:
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>Thisform.combobox.listitemid = n where n is the item in the combobox you want to highlight
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>and
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>ThisForm.combo1.DisplayValue = "Oranges"
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>
>selects the item but it doesn't highlight it.
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>
>Keith

Thisform.combo1.ListIndex also selects an item. If you really want to highlight it you could try selecting the text with combo1.SelStart and combo1.SelLength.