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Creating a list or combo box based on an XML file

Creating a list or combo box based on an XML file

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Creating a list or combo box based on an XML file

I've found it useful in the past to create a dropdown list that doesn't connect to an external data source that's as far away as a SharePoint list, or a server, but connects to an external data source stored with the template, an XML file. The reason I might do this is that I get a new XML file with some data in it on a routine basis, for example, once a quarter, once a month, and I can attach that to my template and send the template out and have the good data source for that month. Whether that data source is a list of customers, a list of suppliers, locations, whatever the list is, it's a list that doesn't update so dynamically that I feel people have a need to connect to it directly. And because I can include an XML file right here in the template, it creates a nice offline form for use out in the field by people who aren't always connected when they are using forms. Obviously, in this case I am talking about a form that will be used with the InfoPath Form Filler because if it was…

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