>Assuming you have and Add/Edit mode, change the SQL Select which generates the list to add "and FileName.InspectorActive" to the "Where" clause when they are in such a mode. ReQuery when changing modes.
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>Some people put a slash in front of the value ("/John Jones") and this caused the item to be viewable, but not selectable. I've always found this to be a pain and screws around with the incremental search. It's easier to just get it out when it shouldn't be there.
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Actually, this would have been my preferred method (only 20-30 records in the inspectors table) but it doesn't seem to work in drop down lists (unless I am doing it wrong - which is a distinct possibility). To test it I entered an inspector "/George Jones" (w/o the quotes) and it displayed the name normally and allowed me to select it. It seems I may be stuck with some messy validation code that will warn the user when they choose an inactive inspector. Not elegant at all!