All along, I've been using combo boxes to select the value of a field. I seem to be having trouble, tho, using it to select a parent record (the details of which are then displayed on the form).

What properties do I need to set (boundto, controlsource, displayvalue, etc) to allow the user to select the record for display (without editing the contents of the field, of course).

Is this a bad methodology? Should I be usiing a different type of object to select the current record?

TIA