Spencer,

>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.

If you're talking about just the ReadOnly *property* of the control, then you're correct -- VFP specifically does not allow a ComboBox set to Style = 2 to also have ReadOnly = .T. (the help file states this).

However, since Style = 2 disallows any data entry in the control, you can emulate the "read only" behavior you're looking for without setting that specific property using the following approach:
1) Set TabStop = .F.
2) Set Enabled = .F.
3) Set ColorSource = 0 (Object's Color Properties)
4) Set DisabledForeColor/DisabledBackColor/DisabledItemForeColor/DisabledItemBackColor to the same values as ForeColor/BackColor/ItemForeColor/ItemBackColor, respectively (if you want black, make sure to use 1,1,1 instead of 0,0,0 -- for some reason, VFP wants to display "no color" as gray when the control is disabled).

Now, your users cannot navigate to the control in any manner (tab/click), yet its values can still be manipulated programmatically and displayed to the user.

HTH.

>Thank you very much for your reply and suggestions.
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>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.
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>Unfortunately this application is still in VFP 8 and as you know VFP 8 doe not include RecordSourceType = 10.
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>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?
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>Thanks again for your kind reply.
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>Spencer