Hi!

There is a DropDown event. Set there some flag variable or property to .T. to indicate that drop-down list was open. In the Valid event add a code:

if {flag} then
... run code for case drop down list was open and something selected
  {flag} = .F.
else
... run code for case something typed in or interactive search is done
endif

You probably want also to handle a case when control loses focus (LostFocus event).

>I’d like to stop the Valid event from firing while typing into a combobox and IncrementalSearch = .T.. In other words: the valid event is firing every time a key is pressed when the drop down list has not been displayed. This is not happening when the drop down list has been activated (dropped down).
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>What am I missing?
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>Thanks in advance for any hints.
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>Oscar Corte