ok. unselect and clear listbox, then.

[mcnewsxp]

i can cler the listox selection by setting it to "" or null, but the first
row is hilited.
how can i make the hilite go away?

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

If you're setting it to Null, the first row shouldn't be highlighted.

 

[mcnewsxp]

If you're setting it to Null, the first row shouldn't be highlighted.

right.
so how do i un-hilite it?

 

[mcnewsxp]

i solved my problem by using a dummy value for the first column.
ala X;;1;option1;2;option2 etc