Houston;
Thank you for your input! This has to be the answer! I cannot get it to work so I will continue to try different things. The good news is: It does not bomb! :)
I will post my code if I do not get this resolved "quickly".
Tom
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>>ddl.Items.IndexOf(ddl.Items.FindByText(etc.)
cboTarget.SelectedIndex _
> = cboTarget.Items.IndexOf( _
> cboTarget.Items.FindByValue( _
> cValueToFind))