ReportControl Constraints and Editing

I have some additional questions/issues with ReportControl constraints and editing.

In the documentation for the ReportRecordItemEditOptions object:

ConstraintEdit Property Description Specifies whether data not declared in the list of constraints can be entered into the edit box. Remarks If True, then you can only choose from the list of constraints added. If False, then you can type a custom response not listed in the list of constraints.

AND

AllowEdit Property Description Specifies whether an Edit control is used for the item. Remarks If an edit control is not used, the user can still change the value throught a combo box

I'd like to have a fixed dropped-down list of items in a column of a ReportControl.

If I add constraints to a column like this:

With Me.ReportControl1.Columns.Add(.Columns.Count, "Test", 200, True)          With .EditOptions             .AddComboButton True             .ConstraintEdit = False             .AllowEdit = True             .Constraints.Add "Disabled", 0             .Constraints.Add "Enabled", 1             .Constraints.Add "Enabled (Read-Only)", 2          End With       End With

I can pick from a list, but the constraint text is not replacing the underlying value of the cell (instead of seeing Disabled, Enabled, etc... I'm seeing 0, 1, 2 in my cells).

If I use .ConstraintEdit = True, .AllowEdit = True, then the values are translated to the constraint text properly, but the user gets an edit box for the constraint after clicking the drop-down button.

If I use .ConstraintEdit = False, .AllowEdit = False, then the values are not translated to the constraint text properly, and the cell values cannot be changed (no drop down button).

If I use .ConstraintEdit = False, .AllowEdit = True, then users can apparently pick something from the drop-down menu, but it doesn't change the underyling value of the control. The values are also not translated to the constraint text (I just see the original value).

Is there a way to get this to behave like a uneditable drop-down list with values translated to constraint text for all of the cells?

Is there any circumstance when the underlying values should not be translated to the matching constraint text?

Hi Aaron, thanks for the reply, I might have missed it previously due to the forum moderation - sometimes posts seem to get approved a few days later, but then don't show up as bolded/unread messages when I come to the forum.

Just a quick question for you about 13.4 - if you have .ConstraintEdit = True, are you able to type into the combobox? What about .ConstraintEdit = False - does the cursor still appear in the combobox, or does the combo not get focus?

I'm hoping for a locked list that can't get cursor focus, like when a VB ComboBox.Style = vbComboDropdownList.

jpbro wrote: Hi Aaron, thanks for the reply, I might have missed it previously due to the forum moderation - sometimes posts seem to get approved a few days later, but then don't show up as bolded/unread messages when I come to the forum. Just a quick question for you about 13.4 - if you have .ConstraintEdit = True, are you able to type into the combobox? What about .ConstraintEdit = False - does the cursor still appear in the combobox, or does the combo not get focus? I'm hoping for a locked list that can't get cursor focus, like when a VB ComboBox.Style = vbComboDropdownList.