I believe I am having the same problem, and it's not the fact that the value
in the drop-down list box is not SAVED...the problem is that when the form
is opened, there are NO OPTIONS in the drop-down list box to choose FROM.
I've posted this problem in another thread...the drop-down list gets
populated correctly only during Preview Form from the Design mode, but when
I publish it to SharePoint and open the form from SharePoint, the drop-down
list does not get populated with ANY value, let alone the last selected
value.
Any idea why this is happening?
Thanks
-Tony
(e-mail address removed)
It sounds like what you did was insert the drop-down list box directly from
the secondary data source. This means that the box is "BOUND" to the
secondary data source which is NEVER saved with the form.
What you need to do is choose which node in your MAIN data source you want
the value to be stored in and create the drop-down list box for that node.
Then double-click the control in the view and select Look Up Values In The
Form's Data Source. After this you can point it at the secondary data source
to be used to fill in the values.
This means the drop-down list box will be populated from the secondary data
source, but the selected choice will be stored in the main DOM, and thus
able to be saved with the form.
Does this make sense?
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i have created a form and added a field with a drop down list box from a
secondary data source, chosen the Entries, Value, and Display Name; however
when I save the form and go to use it, the drop down list box is empty.
What needs to be done?
