Barbara,

What are the <> doing for you in this example?

>IIF( SEEK( < Table.ForeignKeyField >, '< LookUpTable >', '< KeyField >' ), < LookUpTable.Description >, '' )
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>Set the controlSource of your combo in the column to the Keyfield in your lookup table.
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>Even though using the conditional expression for the column's ControlSource has the effect of making the column read only, you can still change the value in the drop down list.
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>The reason for this is that ReadOnly applies only to the portion of a control that accepts text. Since a dropdown list does not accept text, you can still select a new value.
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>This works great.
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>HTH
>Barbara
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>>I have a grid, and in one of the columns I removed the textbox anf\d put in a combobox.
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>>The RecordSource is a two dimensional array.
>>1) C(1) the value (stored in the recode)
>>2) C(15) a description.
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>>I would like the description should display,
>>but the one character code should be saved to the record.
>>I'm having trouble getting the description to display.
>>What do my settings have to be?
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>>Any help would be appreciated,
>>Thanks,
>>Shlomo.