ComboBox Style Problem

[tommyf]

I have a combobox on a form and when the form loads the style is simple as I am just navigating through records.

 

When I hit the add to add a new record I change the style to Dropdownlist which works fine so I can only select what is in the list.

 

The problem comes when I want to edit a record, when I hit edit and the style changes to dropdownlist what information was there before disappears. If I change the style to dropdown the previous information stays but I can then type any information into the combox and not just select from the dropdown list.

[Machaira]

I would recommend finding another method of adding and editing data than changing the combobox style. I don't recall ever seeing an app where that happens. Doing non-standard things is guaranteed to tick people off.