Newbee - setting value in text box

[rcoutts]

I have a table (TimeCard) with a field (EmployeeName.) One form (SetEmployeeInfo) sets the employee name, number, etc. I want a second form (TimeCardForm) to load up the employee name and put it in a label at the top, so that when someone's looking at the time card, they can see who's it is, but can't change the info without going through the SetEmployeeInfo form. I'm having a heck of a time doing this, being that I'm a newbee and all. It appears to me that you must enter the information in a Label by hand and can't load it based on a Field. So, I tried to use a Text Box, but it kept giving me a Combo Box that I could change the employee name. That's actually okay in a sense because I can disable it, gray it out, and it essentially becomes a Label, except that I couldn't seem to get the downward arrow button of the Combo Box to disappear, so it looked a bit odd.

I'm not sure how to proceed. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
Rich

 

[sko]

First of all, a label is just a caption. You can not store values from fields in it.

Open your form in design view, right-click on the combo box and select "change to". Choose text box. Is that better?