>The table has two fields (ID, DESCRIPTION). ID is sequential starting from 1. I
>save the last ID used in my config.dbf and use that value to generate a new ID
>whenever needed.
>WITH MyCombo
> .RowSourceType = 6 - Fields
> .RowSource = ITEMS.DESCRIPTION, ID
> .BoundColumns = 2 &&the column containing ITEMS.ID
> .ColumnWidths = 75,0
> .some other things not important
>ENDWITH

It sounds to me as if it's taking the list index, instead of the ID value. This is actually the way that combos are documented to work, for backwards compatibility (I think). However, in VFP5, they added the BoundTo property, which makes the combo work the way we think it should. Set it to .T., and you should be all set. This is a change I make very low on my class hierarchy...