[RESOLVED] Combobox Draw Item Issue

[neef]

I'm trying to make certain items in a combobox a different color using the DrawItem event. I've done this many times before but in this instance I keep getting a value of -1 for the e.index variable.

Isn't DrawItem called when there actually is at least one item in the combobox? A value of -1 for e.index means it's empty (which it shouldn't be in my case because I added the items in the forms Load event). I set ItemDraw mode to OwnerFixed. Am I missing some other setting?

    Private Sub cbCollege_DrawItem(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DrawItemEventArgs) Handles cbCollege.DrawItem

        e.DrawBackground()
        Dim myForeColor As Color = Color.Black
        Dim myBrush As Brush = New SolidBrush(Color.White)
        If 'Test for color change
               myForeColor = Color.Blue
        End if
        e.Graphics.FillRectangle(myBrush, e.Bounds)
        myBrush = New SolidBrush(myForeColor)
        e.Graphics.DrawString(sender.Items(e.Index).ToString(), New Font("Calibri", 12, FontStyle.Bold), myBrush, New RectangleF(e.Bounds.X, e.Bounds.Y, e.Bounds.Width, e.Bounds.Height))
        e.DrawFocusRectangle()

    End Sub