hi viju...In VB.....i dont remmeber too much but still i have some shadows...u will first put the combo box...now in coding....Name of that Combo Box.fontcolor.colornamecolorname is in following format..and limited color is allowed,,,,vbBlack,vbRed,vbBlue etc.....plz try...i dont remeber in much more deepi dont have vb in my pc here now