Hi
Thanks for your input, Lee its greatly appreciated.
I was up most of the night, last night trying to figure out why the Parent List and Parent Entry lists were disabled.
After going through all the settings i could find, and think of on the Admin and Host menus, to no avail. I thought it needed a more logical approach, so i started by viewing the source. and discovered the following markup:
<tr id="rowSelectList" runat="server">
<td class="SubHead" width="160"><dnn:label id="plSelectList" text="Parent List:" runat="server" controlname="ddlSelectList"></dnn:label></td>
<td><asp:dropdownlist id="ddlSelectList" cssclass="NormalTextBox" AutoPostBack="true" Width="240" runat="server" Enabled="False"></asp:dropdownlist></td>
</tr>
<tr id="rowSelectParent" runat="server">
<td class="SubHead" width="160"><dnn:label id="plSelectParent" text="Parent Entry:" runat="server" controlname="ddlSelectParent"></dnn:label></td>
<td><asp:dropdownlist id="ddlSelectParent" cssclass="NormalTextBox" Width="240" runat="server" Enabled="False"></asp:dropdownlist></td>
</tr>
On noticing the attribute Enabled=False for both list boxes i spent hours trying to find the source file where this markup originates.
I found it in the /Admin/Lists folder. And the file to edit is listeditor.ascx
Change the Enabled=False atribute to Enabled=True
I made a backup of the listeditor.ascx file before making any changes 'Just in case!' a practice that i recomend.
Hope this helps
Dave.