Take a look at Re: Incremental search in combo-box? Message #709751.
>Has anyone solved the problem with the user hitting in a drop down list and having the incremental search terminate? Say you're searching through a list of company names, which includes 'ABC Boat Repair' and 'ABC Package Delivery'. > >If the user tries to get to 'ABC Package Delivery' by typing in the list box, as soon as the between the words is entered, the search stops. > >This was something that I hoped would have been addressed in VFP 7.0, apparently not. > >Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > >Larry Morelli