>"Use csdropdownlist style to make the edit region read only. The user
>can't edit an item or type in a new item..."

>This seems to imply that I should be able to place text into the edit
>area at design time, but that the text would then not be editable
>(like the combo box I see, for example, in the "open file" dialog for
>the drop down list of file types).

>Does anyone know how to do this?

>Anyway, it works well enough for what I want, thanks again.

> >Yes, that's nice. Using the filter property I managed to get almost
> >exactly what I wanted - thanks for the suggestion. There is just one
> >thing I'd like to change if possible. When an item from the drop down
> >list is selected, it is remembered by the control and presented as the
> >text the next time the control is shown. I'd rather show my own choice
> >of text, but I can't seem to get it to do this - any ideas?

> >Anyway, it works well enough for what I want, thanks again.
> Could you give an example ?

> I think the answer might involve tinkering with the Items
> - or the ItemIndex

>You are quite right, setting itemIndex to 0 does the job. I'm afraid
>that I tend to limit myself to looking at the property list in the
>object inspector, instead of checking out all the propoerties of the
>control. Thanks once again, I now have just what I want.