>Hi:
>
> I just can't figure this out.
> I've spent a couple of hours reading the help explanation of all the ComboBox properties and some just don't make sense.
>
>Given the following:
>
>ITEMS.DBF (ID N(3), DESC C(20))
>165 A
>798 B
>194 C
>768 D
>
Raul,
If you are using VFP 3.0 you are out of luck as that is what happens when the item is numeric. If you are using VFP 5.0 you ned to set the BoundTo property correctly to allow binding to numeric items.