Neil,

Move your select statemen into the Load of the form and use array propertry.

>Erik
>
>I now have the select statement in the init event on my form:
>
>

>SELECT DISTINCT reports.descrip ;
>FROM ("U:\Data\Reports.dbf") ;
>INTO ARRAY neil
>
>WITH thisform.list1
>	.RowSource = 5
>	.RowSource = 'neil'
>	.ColumnCount = 1
>ENDWITH
>

>
>But nothing shows in my list box. Is there any reason for this?
>
>Many Thanks