DropDown list values - InfoPath Dev Sign in | Join | Help in Controls InfoPath (Entire Site) InfoPath Dev InfoPath Dev is dedicated to bringing you the information and tools you need to be successful in your Microsoft Office InfoPath development projects. Home Blogs Forums Photos Downloads InfoPath Dev » InfoPath » Controls » DropDown list values DropDown list values Last post 08-05-2009 07:07 AM by gmk51080. 4 replies. Page 1 of 1 (5 items) Sort Posts: Oldest to newest Newest to oldest Previous Next 08-05-2009 05:21 AM gmk51080 Joined on 09-01-2008 Posts 21 DropDown list values Reply Contact Hi, I have a dropdown list in an infopath form which is filled using a dataconnection from an external source. What i need is to limit the user chose from the filled values in the DDL without being able to edit the value by himself in the ddl can anyone give me a hint on what to do?thanks Best Regards,GMK Filed under: drop down list, dataconnection 08-05-2009 05:35 AM In reply to Jimmy Joined on 07-03-2008 Posts 2,595 Re: DropDown list values Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact What you describe is the default behavior for a Drop-Down List Box, or am I missing something? Jimmy Rishe / Software Developer / Microsoft MVPQdabra Software 08-05-2009 05:43 AM In reply to gmk51080 Joined on 09-01-2008 Posts 21 Re: DropDown list values Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact well the behavior in my case is that the user is always able to edit the textvalue of the Ddl and he ia able to insert anything he wants in the ddl. What i want to to restrict him to the values filled in the DDL same as we are woorking in a web environment! Best Regards,GMK 08-05-2009 05:49 AM In reply to Jimmy Joined on 07-03-2008 Posts 2,595 Re: DropDown list values Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact Are you sure that you are using a Drop-Down List Box, and not a Combo Box? Drop-Down List Boxes to not allow users to enter their own values. Jimmy Rishe / Software Developer / Microsoft MVPQdabra Software 08-05-2009 07:07 AM In reply to gmk51080 Joined on 09-01-2008 Posts 21 Re: DropDown list values Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact You are right , the wierd thing is that i was adding to my form a DropDownlist and then it was chaging for no reason to become a ComboBox. In all cases now i replaced all Combos with DDL and it worked. Thanks Best Regards,GMK Page 1 of 1 (5 items) Copyright © 2003-2019 Qdabra Software. All rights reserved.View our Terms of Use.
Hi,
I have a dropdown list in an infopath form which is filled using a dataconnection from an external source. What i need is to limit the user chose from the filled values in the DDL without being able to edit the value by himself in the ddl
can anyone give me a hint on what to do?
thanks
well the behavior in my case is that the user is always able to edit the textvalue of the Ddl and he ia able to insert anything he wants in the ddl.
What i want to to restrict him to the values filled in the DDL same as we are woorking in a web environment!
Are you sure that you are using a Drop-Down List Box, and not a Combo Box? Drop-Down List Boxes to not allow users to enter their own values.
You are right , the wierd thing is that i was adding to my form a DropDownlist and then it was chaging for no reason to become a ComboBox.
In all cases now i replaced all Combos with DDL and it worked.
Thanks