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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>Re: Use rules to change a Combobox to a textbox</title><link>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/93344.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 05:20:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:93344</guid><dc:creator>Jimmy</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/93344.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=43&amp;PostID=93344</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Using conditional formatting is essentially the only way to accomplish this, though I believe that it&amp;#39;s fairlly easy. Note that you don&amp;#39;t have to put the controls into sections. You can place the conditional formatting on the controls themselves.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Use rules to change a Combobox to a textbox</title><link>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/93227.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:22:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:93227</guid><dc:creator>Shrout1</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/93227.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=43&amp;PostID=93227</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Without any third party tools, without any custom code can one use a standard rule to change a combobox into a textbox.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I realize that the standard way to do this would be to have two sections that show conditionally and house the different&amp;nbsp;two control types, both tied to the same data source. Any *easier* way to do this?&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>