Combobox always display blank as first entry

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Hi,
I have the following variable:
item 1$NEWLINE$item 2$NEWLINE$

I tried try to initialize the combobox to display my "item 1" as the first entry. However, the combobox always display blank as first entry (I have to click on the dropdown to select my other entries).

I would like to have my "item 1" displayed as the first entry. How should I do this ? I am using Installaware 8

Your help is really appreciated.

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Already figured out. Need to initialize the variable that the combo box is written into.