The problem is not the setting for _INCSEEK. It is that the incremental search string buffer does not reset when moving from combobox to combobox.

>>I have tried different values of _INCSEEK, but that doesn't work. If I set _INCSEEK too low then incremental search does not work for slow typers.
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>>Has anyone found a way to clear the incremental search string when moving between listboxes?
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>A better choice may be to let individual users set this value themselves and save it for them.
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>Tamar