I have come across a solution with which I am only partially satisfied.

In the form's KeyPress event, after I have determined that the combobox's dropdown is expanded, I can issue a comboboxobject.SetFocus and then change the ActivePage. Now the dropdown artifact does not appear.

I am, however still left with, to borrow a phrase from another current thread, a "hanging LostFocus". Is there a better way or, in my case, am I going to be forced to accept this. Does anyone have a better solution?

Thanks,

Spencer