Load of Combo box does not show selected value

Please share your code

public bool addEngOrd;  //indicates if adding to the form or not
        public EngOrd engord; //data from the frmEngOrd (old eng order)
        private EngOrd newEngOrd;  //new data we are capturing here (new eng ord)

        private List<EngOrdType> engOrdTypeList;  //for combobox
        private List<Customer> customerList;  //for combobox
        private string personID; //hold value after combobox selection

        private void frmEngOrdAddModify_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            this.LoadComboBoxes();          
            this.LoadDateTimePickers();

            if (addEngOrd)
            {
                this.Text = "Add Engineering Order";
                newEngOrd = new EngOrd();
                engordBindingSource.Clear();
            }
            else
            {
                this.Text = "Modify Engineering Order";
                newEngOrd = new EngOrd();
                this.PutNewEngOrd();
            }
            engordBindingSource.Add(newEngOrd);  //put the existing or a new EngOrd dataset with the binding source

        }

        private void LoadComboBoxes()
        {
            engOrdTypeList = EngOrdTypeDB.GetEngOrdType();
            cboFileType.DataSource = engOrdTypeList;
            cboFileType.SelectedIndex = -1;    
        }

This happens with "addEngOrd" is false - ie. Modify Engineering Order.

Your code loads the list items from EngOrdTypeDB and fills in the control with them, but it does not query which item is currently selected. There no such logic, that's why the list does not show the actual selection.

Thanks, I will try that.

Why does my other combo box work then?  I don't have code looking for the currently selected record on it and the combo box loads the correct value.  The other combo is called "cboCustomer"
private void LoadComboBoxes()
        {
            engOrdTypeList = EngOrdTypeDB.GetEngOrdType();
            cboFileType.DataSource = engOrdTypeList;
            cboFileType.SelectedIndex = -1;
           
            customerList = CustomerDB.GetCustomerTeamList();
            cboCustomer.DataSource = customerList;
            cboCustomer.SelectedIndex = -1;
        }