On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 15:45:01 -0800, oldblindpew
wrote:

I have a text box in a form that is displaying (as it should) the value of a
code that is stored in the bound field (hope I'm saying this right). I want
to display the code's meaning rather than its value.

I know a combo box would do it, and I'll use one if I have to, but I only
want to display the meaning, whereas a combo box is for picking a value.

It *can be used* for picking a value, but it doesn't force you to do so. In
fact if you set its Enabled property to No, Locked to Yes, it will display the
text value even though it's bound to the numeric value, but it will not let
the user affect either.
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John W. Vinson [MVP]