Forms - a form field acting as text as well as List of values

Hi
We have a requirement where we have 2 fields country and ZIp
if its 'US' then the ZIP should have a LOV for that. Basically it should be one of the values from one table.
and if its not US it shuld be a TEXT field.
Will this be possible in oracel forms?
Please advice
thanks

Hi, it probably can be done by changing dynamically field properties. When US, LOV reference a record group, other, dynamically change LOV associated to the field to something NULL. This way, field wouldn't be associated to a LOV and would allow free text.

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To: Daniel Beinart <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: Is there a way for a form user to load graphics and text in same field?
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