if it's sorted you can use one of the matchentry properties for the combobox:

select the cobobox and press F4.

look for matchentry

fmMatchEntryFirstLetter 0 Basic matching. The control searches for the
next entry that starts with the character entered. Repeatedly typing the same
letter cycles through all entries beginning with that letter.
FmMatchEntryComplete 1 Extended matching. As each character is typed, the
control searches for an entry matching all characters entered (default).
FmMatchEntryNone 2 No matching.


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Gary


"Mathew" wrote in message
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Tom: I'm new at this could you help me a little more on comboboxs. I read
the help file but it didn't really help me!

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

If your data is sorted, then you could use the Combobox from the Control
Toolbox toolbar.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Mathew" wrote:

Is there any way to have an Alphabetic lookup within a pick box? I have a
long list of data and it would help to have the list shorten up based on a
the spelling of the name.