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Combobox readonly.

Hi,

Is there a way to lock a combobox ( pseudo read-only) for direct text editing, such that it only can be changed/edited by selecting one of the values in Combobox.Items.

Best regrets Jesper
Nov 15 '05 #1
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Just set the DropDownStyle property to ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList.

- Pete
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Hi,

Is there a way to lock a combobox ( pseudo read-only) for direct text editing, such that it only can be changed/edited by selecting one of the
values in Combobox.Items.
Best regrets Jesper

Nov 15 '05 #2

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