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I solved the problem but I still don't know the cause. I completely rebuilt the form from scratch; verifying that the default formulas still worked after each Data Connection, form code block, and other customization was added. I duplicated every setting I could think of and even copied the views from the orignal form into the new one. Still, ...

My form uses an xml structure similar to the following: <BOM> <Cost /> <BOMLine> <Cost /> <DesignQty /> <Component> <Cost /> </Component> </BOMLine> <BOMLine> <Cost /> <DesignQty /> <UnknownComponent> ...

Thanks, you understand what I am trying to do. I would prefer to use a textbox control instead of the drop-down list but your solution is acceptable. Out of curiosity, if the drop-down and expression box filters work, why won't the textbox control's defualt value?

It's an XML file included as a resource file in the template. Here is an snippet of the 2DS (nice acronym) instance: <Line> <LineID>Line 1</LineID> <Component> <PartNumber>12345</PartNumber> <Default>true</Default> </Component> <Component> ...

I have a field within a secondary datasource that I would like to use as the default value for a field in my form's Main datasource. I used an expression box to verify my query returns the correct results from the secondary datasource. I then copied this query into a TextBox control's default value property, but the data is not populated on ...