Thanks everyone for their help. Regards, Farouk Yew Abdullah >Has anyone tried to activate the the drop down list by activating a function key, ex: F2? I have tried to put codes in the combo box keypress: >ex: if lastkey()=-1 >this.downclick() >...... >This does not work. I have also check the form keypreview property but also not luck there. Any hint? > Try... if nKeyCode=-1 keyboard '{ALT+DNARROW}' endif >In combobox, if I do not want to allow user to enter anything except choose from the drop down, how I should accomplish this? > Try setting the Style property to 2-Dropdown List. >Thanks. > >Regards, >Farouk Yew Abdullah