>Hi Fred,
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>Thanks for quick reply. What if the second column is a memo field? and instead of having two columns I just want first column to be displayed. The first column which is just number code and as soon as the user select the number code, the description (memo field) will populate an edit box. How can I do this? TIA

You could have code in the Validate that refreshes a separate EditBox control. With a ComboBox (you should probably be using a DropDown List, Style=2 ComboBox) you'd only have the number code, ie, the item1 field in the list.