friend:

If you are thinking into use the DropDownList style in your Combo, then why dont you use a listBox in which you can add text at run time, and it will definitely do the same function than the combo does when using DropDownList Style. List box is a very effective control, but it lacks of properties for eventual text formatting, however, it does what u need, which is to display data on the userinterface, right?

I will keep that in mind if I go to USA someday!

cheers!