Trying to alter drop down menu

Question

I am creating a form that uses a lot of drop down menus and I am trying to have the drop down show the descriptions and have the box actually populated with a part number instead of description. I am not against XML coding if needed I am new to it but have played around a little bit. Any ideas or direction would be much appreciated thanks.

Answer 1

Yes. Put the descriptions in the drop down menu and then specify values in the binding tab. In the exit event for the drop down menu put the code (in formcalc):
if ($.rawValue == 1) then
    $.formattedValue = "109323" // put whatever the part number is in here
elseif ($.rawValue == 2) then
    $.formattedValue = "109324" // etc
endif
the rawValue is the value of the option the person has chosen in the menu and the formattedValue is what the box will show once the exit event has executed.