Thank you very much for your reply and suggestions.

I'm not sure that the combobox suggestion will work because I have simply *not* been able to make a ComboBox whose STYLE = 2 be READONLY, even with ALLOWCELLSELECTION set to .F.. Except for the lack of READONLY this control would have met my needs.

Unfortunately this application is still in VFP 8 and as you know VFP 8 doe not include RecordSourceType = 10.

In VFP 9's property sheet when I set the RecordSourceType to 10 (collection) and attempt to set the control to READONLY it will not change (remains .F.). Is it your understanding that RecordSourceType = 10 in a STYLE = 2 dropdown permits READONLY?

Thanks again for your kind reply.

Spencer