I know this question has been asked before, but it has never really been answered.

I am using a combobox as a type 2, dropdown combo. I am trying to place a prompting text in the text field of the combobox: i.e. "Select Country" for a country selection dropdown.

I can't simply set the text property because it's read-only. I will not set the type to 0 unless there is a way to prevent users from adding any text they want.

I am hoping that there is an API (Probably the ubiquitous "SendMessage") or some trick.

Thanks for any help.

trapper