> I know Larry liked > a nicely formatted > multicolumn display and I have examples of just such > (except Absent the "Show > Lines" that he likes) behavior that is easy to read > and pleasing to the eye...
It's not the lines I'm after so much as the column formatting. Here's what I want from a combo box: 1. Does not have to display the key column it returns (So I can hide from the user the existence of the underlying autonumbered key columns). 2. Can present multple columns of data, properly formatted, without resorting to a monospaced font (So the combo box is consistent with the other controls on the form). 3. Contents can vary with data in current record. I have no idea what's causing the performance issues for the db combo boxes in RB7, but my guess is that #3 is part of the issue (since it means that the WHERE clause underlying the list must be checked frequently to see if the list needs updating). I would be willing to have a second set of list components that did not allow variable WHERE clauses, or even a set that didn't allow a WHERE clause at all, in order to improve at least some of the combo boxes. Anyway, it sounds like RBTI is aware of the issues, and working on a solution. -- Larry
