If I set up a combo box at design time it works just fine.

Now if I place the following 3 lines in the form load procedure (I know they
are correct because they were copied from InitializeComponent)
The first line is obeyed, but the second line is ignored. I know this
because if I look at "DisplayMember" in debug mode I see what it was set to
at design time.

the 3rd line normally causes it to crash, but I guess if I understood what I
was doing wrong with the 2nd line I could figure the rest out.

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Me.cmbobxFilterLookup.DataSource = Me.datasetFilter.Membership_Status

Me.cmbobxFilterLookup.DisplayMember = "Membership Status"

Me.cmbobxFilterLookup.ValueMember = "Membership Status"

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Many thanks in advance

Rod