InfoPath Dev

I have a drop down menu being populated from a data connection bound to a sharepoint list. I need to sort the data in alphabetical order. The form will be used through the browser so I cannot rely on sorting the view (browser ignores default view sort order). I guess what I would want to do in this case is to pop each of these items off the data ...

 I have an Information Management Policy set on my InfoPath content type that pulls oiut metadata to create a printable label to slap on the box that the form is tracking. How do I make this label appear in InfoPath or print the standalone label?  In Word, Excel, PowerPoint the labels can be inserted into the document or printed. I ...