I would like to populate a text box based on the value in a dropdown (which
has been pulled from a SQL data source) - easy I hear you say? easy to put
the *value* in....but what about the description of that control
The actual scenario is

i would like to know if it is possible to make a form static
what i mean is this:
i built a form that uses a db for some entrys
i also temporarily add some values to the db in the filling process

Any assistance will be appreciated.  I'm new to InfoPath...Much thanks
in advance. I have Microsoft Access database that has id numbers (for
example 1234)...since id number have to be unique...it is very common
that a survey will have the same id number...so when this occurs...we

I wish to display as read-only a list of values which is derived from a
drop-down menu in a field.
Example:  
Office -- drop down menu item.

I'm new at this, so bear with my ignorance (and bad English).
A colleque of mine asked my to make a script to open a form and
submitting it again. The form code it self will make som changes
(basicly updating som new fields).

Infopath 2003
After inserting a future date using a day picker, I am trying to have a day
countdown in a field that shows me how many days left until that future date.

Is it possible to define a default value for a field and,
when the form is being filled out,
allow the the user to decide whether or not to use
the default value or enter their own?

We are setting up hundreds of infopath forms and all of them will have
some componants which will be common.
Is there any way I can set the common componants up in a screen/view
and call it as you would a subroutine in programing.  The idea is that

I'm a newbie to InfoPath so my question may sound dumb
I want to create a form that has a repeating section for a different set of
data.
I have created a set of fields. I then added a repeating section and pasted

Ok.  Here is my problem:
I have a winform application that needs to open infopath.  The XML from the
InfoPath form must never touch a hard disk due to security reasons.
As I have it right now, the winform application decrypts the xml to a

Tried my usual method of getting an answer to this (Google) and did not find
a satisfactory one; thought would be simple...
Have one InfoPath form and would like to open another InfoPath form (BUT
WOULD LIKE TO PASS A QUERY PARAMETER to the target form, i.e., don't want a

Scenario:
I have an InfoPath form containing drop-down list box, bound to webservice -
InfoPath tries to populate the drop-down on startup. When the user goes
offline, webservice becomes unavailable, so I don't want InfoPath to

    I am new to InfoPath and I developed a survey page which has some
Radio buttons, dropdown list, text boxes, Save&Close and Submit button.
When I open the form for the first time, I would like to display only
the SUBMIT button which will submit the survey with a predefined file

I have a very simple web service that I call takes in 1 string parameter and
returns xml.  The asmx runs fine from the web using the simple data type
input and returning an xml document.
When adding a retrieve data connection infopath recognizes the webservice

We are "newbies" with "some" development background who are interested in
developing solutions where we:
•    use Infopath as our primary data entry tool
•    store the resulting Infopath data in an XML-type column in SQL Server