Nope. Still get the "This control is read-only" message.

>>In the Properties box for the Textbox "searchbox", ControlSource is "searchpart".
>>
>If you set ( for debug only)
>

>searchbox.controlsource=none
>

>can you edit the textbox ?
>
>>>>Hi Jim,
>>>>
>>>>Thanks, but no-go. My textbox ("searchbox") is set to ReadOnly=.f. and I added the DODEFAULT() before the code Tracy suggested earlier. I'm still not able to access the textbox at all, and the Status Bar still says "This control is read-only."
>>>>
>>>
>>>searchbox.controlsource is ?