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writeprotect a combobox.

Hi

I would like to prevent the user of my application from
writing in a combobox. The user should only be able to
select items from the combobox collection. I this
possible -am I using the wrong control for this?

thanx,
J of DK.

Nov 15 '05 #1
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Nope.. you can set the property "DropDownStyle" to "DropDownList"...

HTH,

Bill P.

On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 09:07:50 -0700, J. Odgaard <je****@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi

I would like to prevent the user of my application from writing in a
combobox. The user should only be able to select items from the combobox
collection. I this possible -am I using the wrong control for this?

thanx,
J of DK.


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Nov 15 '05 #2
Nope.. you can set the property "DropDownStyle" to "DropDownList"...

HTH,

Bill P.

On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 09:07:50 -0700, J. Odgaard <je****@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi

I would like to prevent the user of my application from writing in a
combobox. The user should only be able to select items from the combobox
collection. I this possible -am I using the wrong control for this?

thanx,
J of DK.


--
Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
Nov 15 '05 #3
J. Odgaard wrote:
Hi

I would like to prevent the user of my application from
writing in a combobox. The user should only be able to
select items from the combobox collection. I this
possible -am I using the wrong control for this?


Set the DropDownStyle property to ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList.

--
There are 10 kinds of people. Those who understand binary and those who
don't.

http://code.acadx.com
Nov 15 '05 #4
J. Odgaard wrote:
Hi

I would like to prevent the user of my application from
writing in a combobox. The user should only be able to
select items from the combobox collection. I this
possible -am I using the wrong control for this?


Set the DropDownStyle property to ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList.

--
There are 10 kinds of people. Those who understand binary and those who
don't.

http://code.acadx.com
Nov 15 '05 #5

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