Perhaps an easy solution is to set the text box unbound until the combobox is filled. I mean to set the textBox controlsource to Null in dessign mode...
IIRC, limit to list does not do what you describe (filter as you type). That can occur if you have Auto Expand set to yes. It is also often done with...
I have just discovered that an application I inherited uses a combo box with "limit to list". So if you start typing it homes in on an entry from the...