Hi Terry,

If that is the case in your situation, then I would recommend what Bonnie suggested. My suggestions works when you ust want to override the click event to eliminate the user from changing the value.

>Cathi,
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>Thank you for the suggestion. It worked but the bound data changed thus triggering my default "Edit Mode" in my winform baseclass.
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>Is there a way to totally prevent the user from changing the value?
>
>Regards,
>
>Terry Carroll
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>
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>>Hi Terry,
>>
>>One approach is to handle the click event of the checkbox. In the click event, determine if you want the user to be able to change the state.
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>>

>>Private Sub CheckBox_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
>>   'Determine if the user can update the control
>>   ' ...
>>   Dim Obj As CheckBox = CType(sender, CheckBox)
>>   Obj.Checked = Not Obj.Checked
>>End Sub
>>

>>
>>>In a winform, how can a checkbox be set to readonly without being disabled?
>>>
>>>Thanks in Advance,
>>>
>>>Terry Carroll