https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/41.aspxIf you're not sure where to ask your question, ask it here. If necessary, our moderators will make sure it gets classified in the correct board.enCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/6455.aspxThu, 23 Dec 2004 01:15:54 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:6455Greg Collins0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/6455.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=41&PostID=6455You need to go back to the original source that the drop-down list is populated from. Then you filter that list based on the value of the field to which the drop-down is bound (@my:dataFilter) and grab the display name from that filtered list.<br /><br />Greg Collins [InfoPath MVP]https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/4525.aspxTue, 21 Dec 2004 21:22:20 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:4525crashoverride0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/4525.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=41&PostID=4525I have a drop down list box in which the underlying value is a numeric ID# but the display value is a text string. I am using code to access the selection in the drop down list box as follows:<br /><br />myVar = XDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("//my:myFields/@my:dataFilter").text<br /><br />This returns the numeric value however and I cant figure out how to capture the displayed text string. If anyone has a solution, please let me know!!!