Well this code errors as expected in my version of Excel 2002 :

Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
With ComboBox1
.Style = fmStyleDropDownList
.AddItem "Item 1"
.AddItem "Item 2"
.AddItem "Item 3"
.AddItem "Item 4"

.Text = "Not in list"
End With
End Sub

but this not not :

Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
With ComboBox1
.Style = fmStyleDropDownCombo
.AddItem "Item 1"
.AddItem "Item 2"
.AddItem "Item 3"
.AddItem "Item 4"

.Text = "Not in list"
End With
End Sub

Read the help on the .Style property.

NickHK

"??????? ?. ???????" wrote in message
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Why? The ComboBox1.MatchEntry is fmMatchEntryNone, and
ComboBox1.MatchRequired is False. And it works fine in the Office 2002.
And
what You do suggest?

"NickHK" ?????:

Yes, that means you cannot set .Text to a value that is not in the list.

NickHK

"??????? ?. ???????" wrote in message
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ComboBox1.Style equals to fmStyleDropDownList

"NickHK" ?????:

What is combo box's .Style set to ?
If it is 2-List, change to 0-Combo.

NickhK

"??????? ?. ???????" wrote in message
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The statement
ComboBox1.Text = "1,2,3"
yields to a run-time error. The ComboBox1.MatchEntry is
fmMatchEntryNone,
and ComboBox1.MatchRequired is False . The "1,2,3" does not match
any
entry
in the ComboBox1 at the time, but I want to show it in the edit
field of
the
combo box.