>>Refering to my example below. I am using a Combo-Box in a grid. I am
>>storing a 2 digit code in the address type field. This works correctly now.
>>This 2 digit code links to its description in the type table. I want to
>>store the code in the address table, but I want to display the address
>>description in the grid on the screen when it is not in focus.
>A combobox is always going to display the first column of it's RowSource, for
>this I'd SELECT your AddressType table into an array property of the cbo:

>select AddressDescription,  AddressType ;
>   into array this.aRowSource ;
>   order by 1

>Then set BoundTo = .t. and BoundColumn = 2

If you are displaying this in a grid, you might want to set the column's Sparse property to .F. -- otherwise, it will only display the combo in the active row. It doesn't look very pretty, though.