Mike,

I can't really figure out the UI where you need a ReadOnly cbo wouldn't a plain TextBox work just as well?

>>Nope, This is by design. See article Q156510
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>Thanks, I found it:
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>http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q156/5/10.asp
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>But usually they say why it was designed that way. I didn't see a reason, nor can think of one. Anyway, I worked around it, I created an lReadOnly property with an Assign method and other things. I forgot how I did the rest now.