Use style property set to csDropDownList.
This way you get what you want, but you can not "blank" the field anymore (i.e. LookupComboBox let you do it hitting CANC). (for the IBO coders here, is this something has to be fixed in IBO?)
Regards
Marco Menardi

--- In IBObjects@y..., "Tobias Giesen" <tobias_subscriber@t...> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have a nice combobox with these Items:
> Task, Question, Message, and Reply.
>
> The ItemValues are: T,Q,M,R.
>
> Now: I do not want the user to ever see any of the ItemValues. However,
> after a selection is made and the focus moves away from the Combobox, it
> shows the ItemValue rather than the full text.
>
> If this is really how it is designed, I could
> a) add a property "AlwaysShowFullItemText", and/or
> b) add an event "GetDisplayText" which is missing anyway.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Tobias
>
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