That would probably work too.

~~Bonnie

>you can take the idea to add the code, to your class.
>
>
>Dim intLastIndex As Integer
>
> Private Sub ComboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ComboBox1.SelectedIndexChanged
> If Not AllowChangeIndex() Then
> CType(sender, ComboBox).SelectedIndex = intLastIndex
> End If
>
> intLastIndex = CType(sender, ComboBox).SelectedIndex
> End Sub
>
> 'You could also use a variable as a flag that indicates
> 'if the user can or not change the item
> Private Function AllowChangeIndex() As Boolean
> 'Code to allow or not change the index
> Return False
> End Function