Re: Selecting from combobox... read only

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From: John Vinson <jvinson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 10:29:21 -0600

On 25 Jul 2005 08:44:04 -0700, "Doraemon" <johndchudzik@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>I have a combobox on a form with a list of users. I want a user to be
>able to select his/her name and then type in a password which to open
>another form. The problem is that when they select their name, it's
>updating the database and replacing the initial name on the start up of
>the form with the name they select. How can I change it so that they
>can still select their name, but it's not updating the database?

Make it an Unbound combo box: view its properties in form design mode,
and blank out its Control Source property.

John W. Vinson[MVP]
.

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