https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/39.aspxNew to InfoPath? Search to see if your question has already been answered. If it has not, then ask it here or the appropriate topic forum.enCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/72563.aspxThu, 01 Dec 2011 18:03:39 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:72563Hilary Stoupa0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/72563.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=72563<p>I can&#39;t really think of a way to do this - especially if your drop down list entries are hard coded. Even if they are from a secondary data source, it may take a bit of trickery.</p><p>For example, you could have a SharePoint list for the employees. And a combo box in your form that uses that list as the data source for its entries.</p><p>Promote the field that is bound to the combo box. Add a custom workflow to the library you are submitting your form to that runs when a new item is added - the workflow could have logic to add the employee name to the list if it is not already there.</p><p>But, of course, this is supposing you are using SharePoint at all.</p>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/72356.aspxFri, 25 Nov 2011 03:52:22 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:72356oscarlim0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/72356.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=72356<p>&nbsp;InfoPath 2003.</p><p>I have a dropdown list of employee names. &nbsp;</p><p>How do I allow users to type in an employee name if the name does not exist in the list and subsequently have the entered name part of the dropdown list for future selection?&nbsp; </p><p>Can this be done without programming as I am not familiar with XPath. &nbsp; <br /></p><p>Thank you.</p><p>Oscar</p><p>&nbsp;</p>