>>>>Hello everybody,
>>>>Is there a way to limit the amount of items displayed in a combo list box ?
>>>>My problem is that when the user clicks on the combo to see the list, the combo
>>>>goes beyond the Windows 95 task bar, that forces the down arrow of the scroll
>>>>bar to hide dehind the task bar. I would like to display just enough items to see
>>>>the entire scroll bar.
>>>>
>>>>=This.Thanks("in advance")
>>>
>>>the size of the combo box selection area can't be changed. you can either move the combo box up (away from the bottom of the screen) or have the user set the taskbar to not always on top or auto hide.
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>>Thanks Dave, I did that. I was hoping to do that in a different way.
>
>Something else Dave,
>Sometimes the Combi pops up and sometimes it pops down, can I force to always pop up.

i don't think so. i think if windows thinks it's too close to the bottom, it will pop up. it doesn't care about the taskbar, though.