You want to be able to see all of the items, don't you (not grayed out like they are when disabled with '\')? You can set the combo value back to the original value in Valid() or LostFocus() when not in editing mode. Alternatively, you can set the ControlSource to no value if not editing. Either way the combo won't update the table.

HTH
Barbara

>I would like to display the items in a drop down list, but not let users change the value with out being in "editing mode".
>With the combo box rowsourcetype as values entered by hand, I can just put '\' before each value, however I need to do this in a combo box with a rowsourcetype of values from a table, and I can't get this to work. Any sugguestions would be appreciated.
>Thanks in advance,
>Phil