How about using a grid or a listbox instead? You can make a grid read-only but the users will still be able to select a record. A listbox by nature has rows that are not editable.

>Hi
> In a combobox I do don't want the use able to edit. It is just used to
>select a record. I wish vfp had a drop down listbox. The number of records
>in my program will evenually become quit large an I am not sure a combobox
>can handle a lot of records, 500 to maybe 5000. I don't want the cursor
>blinking in the combobox. I set the readonly property to true and it grays
>out the combobox completly. This is not good. I want the combobox active so
>the user can make a selection only, no edit. Thanks for your help.