Can't choose a combo box value

[gscott1]

I have a combo box on a form. When I click the arrow button I get a popup saying "Enter Parameter Value" in the blue title bar and below the title says Outage.ID. (Outage is the name of the table I get my values from). Below that is a spot to enter data and "OK" and "Cancel" buttons. When I click "OK" the drop down list for the combo box appears, correctly displaying the values from the table. However, when I clcik on a value it does not populate into the combo box area. I cannot even manually type in the value I want. What is going on here?

[jaxjagfan]

I have a combo box on a form. When I click the arrow button I get a popup saying "Enter Parameter Value" in the blue title bar and below the title says Outage.ID. (Outage is the name of the table I get my values from). Below that is a spot to enter data and "OK" and "Cancel" buttons. When I click "OK" the drop down list for the combo box appears, correctly displaying the values from the table. However, when I clcik on a value it does not populate into the combo box area. I cannot even manually type in the value I want. What is going on here?

Your problem can have various causes - here are a few.
Make sure your combobox is bound to the correct field and that field is not an autonumber or not locked.

Make sure the data source for the form is editable - if you use grouping in a query and then use the query as the data source then you can't edit the data.

Make sure the form is open for data entry and not read-only.

[gscott1]

Your problem can have various causes - here are a few.
Make sure your combobox is bound to the correct field and that field is not an autonumber or not locked.

Make sure the data source for the form is editable - if you use grouping in a query and then use the query as the data source then you can't edit the data.

Make sure the form is open for data entry and not read-only.

Yep it was bound to the wrong column. Thanks.

[gscott1]

It solved my problem of not being to choose a value the only thing left to do now is to get rid of the dialogue box that pops up. Can you help me with this?

[jaxjagfan]

Look at the rowsource for the combobox. If it is a query that is used elsewhere then make a new query as the rowsource. The prompt is most likely in the criteria of the table or query you are using as a rowsource.