>Why is it that I cannot have a date field initially selected in a combo box. All I want to have is the value from a field displayed in the combo box without having to select it (it's blank when I run the form). I don't even need to set the control source as the purpose is only a read-only lookup. I have tried to put in the 'Init' of the form the following:
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> ThisForm.cboHistory.Value = PenStatView.StatusDate
> ThisForm.cboHistory.Refresh()
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>I've also tried in the 'Init' of the control:
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> This.Value = PenStatView.StatusDate
> This.Refresh()
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>I get a message saying: "Error: Value - Data Type Mismatch. Unbinding object cboHistory."
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>What should I do?


Hi Jim,

For a combo, the value must be either numeric or character.

For the read-only effect that you want, you could use:

* combo Init() code
THIS.Additem( DTOC(PenStatView.StatusDate))
THIS.ListIndex = 1