Can't enter in a combo box with a row source property

[NISMOJim]

I'm working on my first database since upgrading (?) to Office 2013. This database has a table linked to a table in another database that is constantly updated with new employees using the fields LName & FName. I'm using a query with an expression field to merge the names as EmpName:LName & ", " & FName. My form has a record source of tblXact to log transactions, and a combo box using a row source of EmpName to populate the box with valid employee names to choose from. I've done this with a few other databases and it works great. This time, the names appear, but if I try to select one, I get a message that says "Field 'EmpName' is based on an expression and cannot be edited". I've compared everything I can find with the databases where this works, and can't see any differences. Has something else valuable been done away with in this new version, or am I just missing something?

Thanks for your input.

[Missinglinq]

Comboboxes used in this manner are supposed to be Unbound, but from the error message it sounds as if it is Bound. Check the Control Source for your Combobox and make sure that it is empty.

If you need the employee's name to be stored in the underlying Recordset of the Form, use the AfterUpdate event of the cbo to assign it to a Textbox and have that Control be Bound to the underlying Recordset, instead of the Combobox itself.

Linq ;0)>

[NISMOJim]

This is a bound combo box, but I found the problem. Since trying it your way I got the same error, I looked deeper into the query. The query had the name field linked to the lookup table of employee names rather than the one it will be saving to. Once I changed the table, all is good.