on a form i have an unbound multiline text box.  it displays a collection of data and calculations.  i have it set as read only to prevent the inadvertent change.  sometime the info is greater than the area i have allowed.  is there a way, maybe with programmed command buttons to scroll the contents, or to allow the scroll bar in the le to be used while still protecting the contents.

There are a couple of ways to do this, but they all require not making the element Read Only.  Once that is done, then you just need to have another copy somewhere to move back into the element.  This could be done my making a temp variable and replacing it on exit

1.  Make the real element not Read Only so you will get a scroll bar.
2.  Create a program in real element/OnElementEntry to copy the content to a variable.
3.  Put a programming statement in real element/OnElementChange to copy the temp variable into the real element.  That will replace any changes that may have happened.  

How about placing a command button on the form which will open the slate and display the content of that readonly element?  If you do not have many such elements, this might work.