InfoPath Dev

Okay, I figured out how to add the appropriate rule to solve the problem described in my previous post. In the Action box for the rule, the text should look like Set a field's value: Location = LocationName[LocationID = LocationID] In my case, the dropdown list is a set of Locations.  If your dropdown box was a list of say Books, then ...

Thank you Shiva and Swathip, I have added the Display Name to the Web Service, so both the LocationID and Location appear as fields in the main data source. However, I'm still unclear about how to add the rule to the LocationID so that the new form field Location gets populated. This is what Swathip said - You have to add the rule on ID ...

Hi, I have exactly the same problem. I want to promote the 'display name' (not the ID value) from an InfoPath dropdown list to a column in sharepoint. Can someone please explain, in more detail, how to Add "Name" field to the main data source in the form not in the DB. In my case, the main data source is a ...