+        self._PostInit(style=style, setupEventHandling=setupEventHandling,
+                       name=name, value=value, **kwargs)
+        
+
+    def _PostInit(self, style=wx.CB_DROPDOWN,
+                  setupEventHandling = True,        ## setup event handling by default):
+                  name = "maskedComboBox", value='', **kwargs):
+
+        # This is necessary, because wxComboBox currently provides no
+        # method for determining later if this was specified in the
+        # constructor for the control...
+        self.__readonly = style & wx.CB_READONLY == wx.CB_READONLY
+
+        if not hasattr(self, 'controlInitialized'):
+            
+            self.controlInitialized = True          ## must have been called via XRC, therefore base class is constructed
+            if not kwargs.has_key('choices'):
+                choices=[]
+                kwargs['choices'] = choices         ## set up maskededit to work with choice list too
+            self._choices = []
+
+            ## Since combobox completion is case-insensitive, always validate same way
+            if not kwargs.has_key('compareNoCase'):
+                kwargs['compareNoCase'] = True
+
+            MaskedEditMixin.__init__( self, name, **kwargs )
+
+            self._choices = self._ctrl_constraints._choices
+##        dbg('self._choices:', self._choices)
+
+            if self._ctrl_constraints._alignRight:
+                choices = [choice.rjust(self._masklength) for choice in choices]
+            else:
+                choices = [choice.ljust(self._masklength) for choice in choices]
+            wx.ComboBox.Clear(self)
+            wx.ComboBox.AppendItems(self, choices)
+
+