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/87212.aspxTue, 19 Feb 2013 00:59:50 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:87212Patrick Halstead0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/87212.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=87212<p>Well, sounds like you are doing the right thing, but maybe the dropdown is not configured to have value as ddlCountry and display as different. Maybe the display field is used for both the value and the country string. Worth checking.</p>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/87204.aspxMon, 18 Feb 2013 19:18:57 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:87204vkiran0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/87204.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=87204<p>I have an infopath form with a Country drop down list that is retreiving its data from a sharepoint &quot;Countries&quot; list.<br />How do I set the default value of the country to &quot;United States&quot;?</p> <p>I&#39;ve tried creating a rule that sets a field value (ddlCountry) associated with the dropdown to &quot;United States&quot; text. But that doesn&#39;t work.</p> <p>Thanks.</p>