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Access Combo Box Help

I have a need to have the default Item in a list box a different color that the rest of the items, can anyone help.

Mike Foley
Jul 30 '06 #1
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Hi,
I've never done it! But I've done something simillar: Range the the values so that the default value is on the top and the others are sorted ascending!

Is this a possibility for you? One Union Query does miracles!
Sep 6 '06 #2

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