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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.infopathdev.com:443/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Controls</title><link>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/43.aspx</link><description> </description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)</generator><item><title>Best control to pull from large lists</title><link>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/62579.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 21:57:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:62579</guid><dc:creator>igor92128</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/62579.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=43&amp;PostID=62579</wfw:commentRss><description>Hello,

I have a requirement to store external business contacts that have no access to SharePoint, and I would like to somehow use the Person/Group picker since it has a popup page that allows for easy searching but the problem is that it only pulls from User Groups, and I can only add SharePoint users to SharePoint Groups even if I specify a particular SharePoint Group to use with the Person/Group Picker.

The question is, if I have thousands of these external contacts and I create a list for them, is it possible to somehow configure the Person/Group picker to pull from a list? Or is it possible to add external users who will never have access to SharePoint to a SharePoint Group? Or, is there another picker that acts like the person/group picker and is good for searching and picking from very large lists? I do not want to have a drop down, and would like to have a button to add from address book or something similar. Is there an out of the box solution or do I need to develop my own control for this? Any good tutorials on this?

Thanks,
Igor</description></item></channel></rss>