define an uneditable text box in a form

[John Milbury-Steen]

Hi Access gurus,
Is there any way to make the value shown in a text box uneditable? It
contains an important ID number that the user should not be able to change.
I know, one solution is not even to show it, but surely you can think of
good reasons why the user should see a field, yet be unable to change it.
In other words, I am trying to create a read-only text box in a form in
which other bound text boxes are editable. Is this possible?

 

[tina]

in the form Design View, select the text box. in the
Properties box, set the value of the Locked property to
Yes.

 

[GVaught]

Set the field property in the form to Enabled: No
Keep Visible equal to Yes.