You cannot access the value of a custom keywords property directly. Instead, you must go through the control: To get the selected values from a multi-select list box, you cannot use ListIndex. Instead, you need to loop through all the items in the list and check the Selected property for each one. Form with sample code at http://www.outlookcode.com/files/FormControlsDemo.zip

For more info on working with list boxes, see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/formcontrols.htm#listcombo
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"Michael Anderson" wrote in message ...
Hi,

i am working on a customised contact form. I have a keyword type ListBox
"ListBox3" with a field called "mxzNCRL2". It has 3 possible values:
Bunnings;Forklift;First Aid. I am trying to get the selected value or values
onto a text variable.

Dim txtmxzNCRL2
Dim objInspector

Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set MyFile= fso.CreateTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", True)

Set objInspector = Item.GetInspector

txtmxzNCRL2 = Item.UserProperties("mxzNCRL2").Value

MyFile.WriteLine(txtmxzNCRL2)

MyFile.Close

Set fso = Nothing
Set objInspector = Nothing

I am told that I have a type mismatch and it doesn't read in the selected
value or values.

Any suggestions?
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Thank You in Advance,

Michael Anderson