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I have a form opening in read-only mode via this code in the onclick event of a command button on a first form:<br />
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<pre><code id="code-10-28914638-1">    If DLookup(&quot;[SecurityLevel]&quot;, &quot;LOCALtblCurrentUser&quot;) = 2 Or 3 Then
        DoCmd.OpenForm &quot;frmDrawingControlHeader&quot;, acNormal, , , acFormReadOnly, acWindowNormal
    End If</code></pre>
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But then the combobox I am providing on the form for the user to find a record &nbsp;that opens in read-only mode seems to be locked also. &nbsp;Is there a way to make the form open in read-only mode but allow the combobox to work?
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I have a form opening in read-only mode via this code in the onclick event of a command button on a first form:

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But then the combobox I am providing on the form for the user to find a record  that opens in read-only mode seems to be locked also.  Is there a way to make the form open in read-only mode but allow the combobox to work?

How open form in read-only mode but allow combo-box to work to search for a record

Microsoft Access is a rapid application development (RAD) relational database tool. Access can be used for both desktop and web-based applications, and uses VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) as its coding language.