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VBA How to select combo box value based on given value

I have a Word VBA form that contains a combo/drop-down list box. The selections in this box are loaded in the VBA code via an array.

When the form loads I want a particular value to be selected based on the value previously stored in that box which I have saved (for simplicity here) to a variable called MyValue.

Therefore the selection I want displayed is that with the numerical value MyValue.

The combobox control has two columns, the bound column (numeric) is 1 but only column 2 (text) is displayed (colmn widths 0 pt;200 pt).
For instance the values/displayed text might be:
12/Choice 1
14/Choice 2
17/Choice 3
27/Choice 4
but the actual values in the control can vary each time as can the number and position of the choices.

If say I have a MyValue of 17 then I want Choice 3 displayed.

I can see how to do this using a positional reference, in this case it would be (2), assuming option base zero, but I dont know that MyValue 17 will be in position (2) because this can change.

The question therefore is how to select the displayed value I want based on the MyValue I am passing to the form?

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Thanks. That will do it. I do find it strange that VBA seem to lack the ability to set values by a simple assignment rather than the inefficient requirement to loop through every value until you get a match.