--- core2/gui/Source/NSCell.m	Wed Apr  2 04:30:36 2003
+++ core/gui/Source/NSCell.m	Mon May 26 21:33:35 2003
@@ -347,11 +347,12 @@
   _cell.contents_is_attributed_string = NO;
 
   if (_formatter == nil)
     {
       ASSIGN (_contents, string);
-      _cell.has_valid_object_value = NO;
+      ASSIGN (_objectValue, string);
+      _cell.has_valid_object_value = YES;
     }
   else
     {
       id newObjectValue;