The only method I know of changing an element type is to unfortunately delete the existing element and create a new one.

I believe you have to go into the Manage a Database section and delete the old element so that your combo box can take on the label of the old element.

Bah humbug indeed.

You want to change text field to ComboBox and do not want to lose the data.  First we have to understand that data is stored in the database field and layout element is just displaying that data. What is more important is to know what it bounded to.

First thing you want to do is to find out the element that you want to change is bounded to,  write it down. This you can find out by looking into the property viewer other tab when that particular element is selected.

Once you have got that, delete that element.  Add a ComboBox and Bind (Bound to) it to the same field name that your deleted element was bound to.

By right clicking on new ComboBox you can enter your choice. Your data will not be lost as you are binding it to the same data.

I believe this should work.  To be sure, please backup your database in case something goes wrong.

Thanks for the tips.  It worked after a couple of tries.  I deleted the Label and then created a Combo box and selected my field name from the bound to box.  The system did bind it to the data, but added a zero after the field name.  Since the original field name, without the zero, was referenced in programming, I got a programming error when I opened Sesame.  Went back to Designer, got rid of the added zero on the field name(which I didn't know about until this point), and now it works great. 

   Robert Wood