property is read only and can't be set error msg when using list

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I used the lookup wizard to setup a list box for a field called "bank".
Whenever I type in or select the bank I would like on my form I get "property
is read only and can't be set" then after I hit ok it enters the value I
want. Can someone help me get rid of this messgage. I check my properties for
this field and nothing looks locked up.
 
cojksmith said:
I used the lookup wizard to setup a list box for a field called
"bank". Whenever I type in or select the bank I would like on my form
I get "property is read only and can't be set" then after I hit ok it
enters the value I want. Can someone help me get rid of this
messgage. I check my properties for this field and nothing looks
locked up.
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A list box? You can't type in a list box. Are you sure you don't mean
a combo box?

You mention the lookup wizard. Is this happening in a form or in a
table?
 
It is only happening on the form.

Dirk Goldgar said:
A list box? You can't type in a list box. Are you sure you don't mean
a combo box?

You mention the lookup wizard. Is this happening in a form or in a
table?

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Dirk Goldgar, MS Access MVP
www.datagnostics.com

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cojksmith said:
It is only happening on the form.
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I'm not sure what's going on, but let's establish a few things.

1. Is this in fact a combo box, not a list box?

2. You say you used the "lookup wizard". Do you mean you used the
Lookup Wizard when you were designing the table? Or do you mean you
used the Combo Box Wizard when you were designing the form?

3. If you select the control on the form and open its property sheet,
what do you see for the following properties?

Control Source
Row Source Type
Row Source
Bound Column
Column Count
After Update
On Click
On Change

4. If any of those last three properties had a value of "[Event
Procedure]", please post the code from the actual event procedure that
is associated with that event.
 
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