How to set ComboBox that has DropDownList style to empty after the Form is displayed for the first time?

If you just want to have the combobox text area emtpy change too dropdown and not dropdownlist

If you want to clear the whole list then

 ComboBox1.Items.Clear()

    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        ComboBox1.Text = Nothing
        ComboBox1.SelectedItem = Nothing
    End Sub

planocz,
ComboBox1.Items.Clear() does not work in Form_Load

UnFiRe,
ComboBox1.Text = Nothing
ComboBox1.SelectedItem = Nothing
also do not set the dropdownlist to empty

i want to set the dropdownlist to empty so the user is force to select one value from the list, thus the default value for the dropdownlist must be blank.
i can do this by setting ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = -1, but only after i called it when the form already loaded.
setting ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = -1 in the form_load event does not work
so when the form open for the first time, the dropdownlist index always go back to index 0

anyone know how to set the dropdownlist index to -1 (empty/blank value) on Form_Load Event?

thanks

UnFiRe,
nice solution, but i cannot set the text for the ComboBox since it is a DropDownList

thanks a lot