Try

thisform.filesarray(1) = ""

Or set Listbox Rowsource to the empty string.

>Hi all,
>
>I have listboxes on several forms that have a rowsource type of array. The arrays are dimensioned like the following:
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>DIMENSION thisform.filesarray(1)
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>Since there are no valid items in the arrays until the user clicks on a command button which populates the arrays, how do I prevent the display of the single array element whose value is .f. when the listbox is visible before the user clicks on the cmdbutton that populates the array? I would like the array to appear empty until it is populated, not populated with a single element of .f.
>
>Tracy