This is regarding the "Define HTML Form" functionality, in case anyone was wondering.
The answer to your question is that, by design, Child fields don't have a type; they're merely a placeholder for a value which is defined by the Parent field. In other words, you don't get to choose a Child value; its value is defined by the Parent field's value and a mapping. For instance, if you had a Parent field named "State", you could have a Child Field named "Capitol", and you could map the Parent value "Illinois" to the Child value "Springfield", and "California" to "Sacramento", and "New York" to "Albany", etc. It's pretty much a one-to-one mapping. (And yes, except for the multiple-language support in the "Define HTML Form" dialog, this same kind of mapping can be done with a Switch Wizard rule instead.) Now, that said, the preview web page does let you type in the mapped Child value if it's not set to Read-only. So, the idea here is that the Child values are sort of defaults mapped from their Parent values, but they can still be overridden. Also, remember that the ultimate behavior of the HTML web form that's created from the XML form definition is defined by you and how you program your XSL transformation. If you want to program the XSL to create a drop list for a Child value, and somehow populate a different list of choices based on the Parent value, you can certainly do that. But exactly how to program the XSL is beyond the scope of this forum. Dan +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- FusionPro 5.0 Now Available! Variable text on a curve and soft drop-shadows for variable text LIMITED TIME upgrade offer of $299 per license for current customers: http://fusionpro.printable.com/store/upgrade New licenses available for $599 each at: http://fusionpro.printable.com/store/ All FusionPro 5.0 customers to receive FusionPro 5.1 with Adobe Acrobat 8 and InDesign CS3 support when released for FREE. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -- Users of FusionPro Desktop have unlimited free email support. Contact Printable Support at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- View FusionPro Knowledge Base, FusionPro Samples at www.printable.com/vdp/desktop.htm -- You are currently subscribed to fusionpro as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Note: All e-mail sent to or from this address will be received or otherwise recorded by the e-mail recipients of this forum. It is subject to archival, monitoring or review by, and/or disclosure to someone other than the recipient. Our privacy policy is posted on www.printplanet.com --
