... and suchlike which don't need to reference anything else. For what you want to do, I would put the code to populate the listbox in the OnCreate event of the form containing it. That event is fired after the form has been created, so you can be sure of being able to reference its properties and components. In this case, there is actually a much easier way to pre-populate a listbox -- select the listbox, and then in the Object Inspector click the ellipsis button on the Items property: 2_071457_450000000.png which opens an editor in which you can enter the initial contents of the listbox. cheers, Martin. posted: 7 Mar 2020 23:16 from: Martin Wynne DerekStuart wrote: I have learned that Lazarus is "almost 100%" Delphi7 compliant Hi Derek, I have now found the Delphi7 Quick Start booklet: http://docs.embarcadero.com/products/rad_studio/delphi7/D7_QuickStart.pdf It's not as might be expected about how to insert the CD and install the program. It's actually 52 pages about getting started with ...