Tom:
Make sure that the ClipControls Property of the form
is set to True for the form that has the combo box.
This makes sure that the entire object is re-painted.

Also it is good to have the latest service packs of
visual studio installed( if you are not up to date
with the SPs)

All the best !
Binu



--- "Regan, Tom" <TRegan@P...> wrote:
> I'm having a problem with the VB combo box leaving
> ghost images after it is
> closed.
> 
> The combo box style is dropdown list.  When it drops
> down the combo box
> items overlay some other controls (a textbox and a
> datagrid).  When the
> combo box closes, the controls that were underneath
> the dropdown list and
> the form iteself do not always repaint; sometimes
> they stay hidden
> underneath a ghost image of the combo box items.
> 
> I call the "Refresh" method on the form, textbox,
> and datagrid in the combo
> box Validate event, and that clears away the ghosts
> , but I wonder if there
> is a better solution.  "DoEvents" does not have any
> effect.  
> 
> The problem occurs both when I'm running the app in
> the VB IDE and from the
> compiled executable.
> 
> Tom Regan
> senior application developer
> 
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