>>>I am using VFP3.0b for Windows.
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>>>I have a combo box that returns a numeric value into a numeric field of a table. Not unexpectedly, the value that is stored into the field is the recno of the cursor not the bound value.
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>>>Example: if 999 is the 15th value, then 15 is stored into the table.
>>>
>>>I have come across this is 2.6 and 3.0 before.
>>>
>>>How do I write the proper value into the field?
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>>Use unbound combo.
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>Can't do that in VFP3.

Nope, You can do it. Unbound combo means combo with empty ControlSource property.