>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.

John,
Try this :

*Combo.init
with this
  .RowSourceType = 3 && SQL
  .RowSource = 'select ... from .. into cursor crsCombo'
  .Style = 2 && Dropdown list
endwith

This also overcomes the element count limit.
Cetin