Hi Bob.

I am trying to use a combo box in a data entry grid with the column sparse = .t. so I only see the combo if the cell is active.

I basically followed the steps in KiloFox to get it working so that it will store the id in a seperate column specific in a property of the control.

That works fine, when it is a drop down list.

I am a little confused by you message. 'Course that is not unusual. Cunfused is my usual state.

The combo class in KiloFox is a drop down combo (style = 0).

Do your users need to be able to add entries to the combo's RowSource on the fly? If not, then you are going to be better off to go with a drop down list but, as you have already said, in a drop down list you cannot see the cursor because a drop down list does not have a portion that accepts text.

You may want to check out our web site for my ComboInGrid examples. They may help give you some ideas.