Hi Evelin,

When you type 'C' the pointer in listbox moves to the first item that starts with 'C', if current item doesn't start with 'C', or to the next item that starts with 'C' otherwise. If you type one more letter, say 'U', than if interval between you type 'C' and 'U' less than value of _INCSEEK, than pointer moves to the item that starts with 'CU'. If interval between 'C' and 'U' more than value of _INCSEEK, than VFP starts new incremental search and moves pointer to the item that starts with 'U'. And so on.

>hello,
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>how does an incremental search property of a list box works?
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>i set this to .T. coz i want to be able to go to a particular record when i pressed a key in my list. say i pressed the letter "C".. i want my pointer list to move in the first "C" it can find.. but why does my pointer moves somewhere in the middle of all the C's...
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>how do i do that in a list box.. and a combo box?