Set Field Value rule not working

[Janie]

I have a text box that I would like to populate based on a selection chosen
from a drop-down list. If user chooses "Dallas" from a drop-down list box, I
want my text box field to populate with "John Doe." I set up the rule on the
text box with condition "If dropdown is equal to Dallas" set field's (text
box) value to "John Doe."

However, when I preview the form and choose Dallas from my drop-down, the
text box does not populate. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!

 

[Kalyan Reddy]

Hello Janie,
You should put the rule on dropdown and not on the text box. It works

 

[Greg Collins [InfoPath MVP]]

Kalyan is correct - rules occur when a field value changes. Since it was the drop-down and not the text box field that changed, rules would fire from the drop-down.