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...but I don't want this other field to be part of the main datasource, which I think means I need to use a calculated field.  I tried that with this formula:

xdXDocument:GetDOM("GetFormsList")/dfs:myFields/dfs:dataFields/tns:GetFormsListResponse/tns:GetFormsListResult/tns:Item/tns:DisplayName[../tns:Value = current()]

but that doesn't work. What am I not understanding here?

Hi -

Well, I think what you may not be understanding is current(). Where is your calculated value located? Is it in a section bound to the same field that is bound to the dropdown? I'm thinking probably not... so I'd expect something perhaps more like:

xdXDocument:GetDOM("GetFormsList")/dfs:myFields/dfs:dataFields/tns:GetFormsListResponse/tns:GetFormsListResult/tns:Item/tns:DisplayName[../tns:Value = current()/my:FieldThatIsBoundToTheDropDown]

If you need to figure out where you are, you can always try just the local-name function in your calculated value - that will tell you, so you will then know what current() means in your particular instance. Does that make sense?

(PS - I did a webinar on this recently - you can find a recording here.)

Looks like I don't understand current() at all. I changed the calculated value to use the xml data source to which the drop down is bound:

 xdXDocument:GetDOM("GetFormsList")/dfs:myFields/dfs:dataFields/tns:GetFormsListResponse/tns:GetFormsListResult/tns:Item[tns:Value = xdXDocument:GetDOM("SelectedId")/SelectedId/Id]/tns:DisplayName

 Hope to watch all the webinars soon.

Thanks for your help.