if i have a combo box and create a list using items:collection property, when the form is loaded the combobox field will be blank, i select the drop down arrow and i have my list and can select an item, fair enough.

is it standard practice not to initially display the first item from the list in the combobox field when the form is first loaded?

is there a way of changing this so that it can display the first item?

thanks,

Hiï¼?if you want to set the first item in default combobox ,you can try this

Me.ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = 0

If you have any further questions, feel free to let me know.

Best Regards

Gavin

i don't think this can be done dynamically.

however, you can use a more amateuristic method
while loading the form you can modifity the default value of the combobox using combobox1.text = ....

so you can fetch one of the items from the collection,and put it as combobox.text
then just fill up the rest starting from the second value

no ?

Hiï¼?if you want to set the first item in default combobox ,you can try this

Me.ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = 0

If you have any further questions, feel free to let me know.

Best Regards

Gavin

that's great stuff, nice and simple, thanks very much gavin

Hi

Do you know how to select an item in a combobox programatically and reflect the changes in the Text property.

This must be done so that when the application starts the required list item in the combobox is shown.

Daniel