Dang' nabit!! I was "fiddling" with that and forgot I turned it on. I thought I was crazy and only "saw" that it worked correctly earlier today... but it did work and doing this DID correct the prob.

Thanks gang!!

>Peter, I think you will find that the MultiSelect property of the listbox is turned on.
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>Try this:
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>ThisForm.lstMake.SetFocus()
>ThisForm.lstMake.Selected(1) = .T.
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>Greg's solution is spot on for lists that are not multi-select.