The typo is even in the thread title - it should have said "Combobox default value"... :)

>>>At this point, i think you should reverse your smily to :(
>>>
>>>In my tests putting 1 in either displayvalue or value
>>>show the first list element when the form was display...
>>>
>>>May be you have played to far with the setting of this listbox?
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>>Then, in that case, you'll be amazed when you'll run the sample form I just sent you. ;)
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>It works...
>When i remove the 17 in the value property
>and put 1 in the displayvalue property.
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>Only a @%^\* typo!
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>HTH :-)