How to Disable Entry into a DropListBox

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Question:

How can I disable entry into the Editbox portion of a DropListBox?

Answer:

When you create the DropListBox in the Dialog Editor, right click on the DropListBox control, select the Style tab, and then select, "List Only". This will change the fourth to last parameter in the DropListBox to a "4", e.g.,

xxx="apples bananas pears"
xxx=StrReplace(xxx," ",@TAB)

MyDialogFormat=`WWWDLGED,6.1`

MyDialogCaption=`WIL Dialog 1`
MyDialogX=015
MyDialogY=062
MyDialogWidth=076
MyDialogHeight=080
MyDialogNumControls=002
MyDialogProcedure=`DEFAULT`
MyDialogFont=`DEFAULT`
MyDialogTextColor=`DEFAULT`
MyDialogBackground=`DEFAULT,DEFAULT`
MyDialogConfig=0

MyDialog001=`018,055,034,011,PUSHBUTTON,DEFAULT,"OK",1,1,32,DEFAULT,DEFAULT,DEFAULT`
MyDialog002=`001,010,063,100,DROPLISTBOX,xxx,"pears",DEFAULT,3,4,DEFAULT,DEFAULT,DEFAULT`  ;<= set 10th parameter to "4"

ButtonPushed=Dialog("MyDialog")

Message("Selection",xxx)
exit