'lo, in part of my code I have the following line: frmJobgroupSel.listbox1.items.addobject('Other', pointer(-1)); The listbox is getting "other" added to it fine, but when I try and reference the pointer passed in, I get "Index out of Range". This works fine with a combo-box, but seems to give an error with a listbox, they both use TStrings for the Items property so not sure why the behaviour is different, any ideas? Mark -- There are exceptions, I'm sure, but the Windows 2000 on-line community seems to have, in general, the moral and spiritual qualities of your average porn site. (c) Bryan Pfaffenberger, Linux Journal, Jan 2001. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi"