InfoPath Dev

I’ve four drop-down lists:  A, B, C, D

"A"and "B" are populated from a 2ndary data connection (via WebService to Database). 

Where as,     Select a value in "A"  -----> "C" drop-down gets filtered values (via 2ndary data conn which is Webservice which grabs data from DB).

Likewise,        Select a value in "C" ----> "D" drop-down gets filtered values (via 2ndary data conn which is Webservice which grabs data from DB)

So, when I save the form then it switches the view to read-only, at this time all the selections show up fine.  But if I close the form and re-open it then

"A"and "B" keep their drop-downs but "C" and "D" only show their corresponding database pids instead of the actual display values.

Do you have any solution for this kind of behavior?  The observation is that anything drop-donw that is filtered acts weirdly.

BTW, this is browser enabled form.

Sounds like the problem is that your datasource is not being queried onload, but rather on value change in the dropdowns. Thus when you first load, the display names are not available, and the stored values are instead displayed.

If you MUST query on change instead of only one time onload, then you need to have 2 fields instead of 1. One field stores the queried display name and the other the queried value. The drop-down is tied to the display names... thus when you first load, the display names will be shown instead of the values.