Strategies for populating drop downs with external data

[tas2121]

Hi,

I have a couple nice forms that call various array scripts that populate drop down boxes based on a selection.  Everytime I need to update pricing, models, etc... I have to go in and manually edit the array.  I am using just designer - we do not have the server version.

Is there a better way to do this ranther than edit the array and keep saving version?  I have seen some expamples using anXML file to the form.  This looks like a solution but I am not sure how to do it if this.

It would be nice to have seperate database that contained my widgets external, update it and then make the connection. 

Any help would be apprecated!

[tas2121]

This is a similar thread....

http://forums.adobe.com/message/5538822#5538822

Maybe this is a taboo subject as it something adobe wants you to buy the server version for...  I see this get asked many times but there never seems to  be a direct answer.

In an effort to make my question more clear - If i have users out there with a form, and I want to update the form with a nightly updated file, that may contain pricing for example, how can one do this?

So the core form stays the same, but dropdowns can be populated with external data.

Thanks in advnace for any all help.

[tas2121]

Is this simply not possible?  Can anyone shed some light onto this?

[_Bruce_Robertson]

Hi,

Is it possible to setup a webservice, there is a sample of using a webservice to populate a listbox at http://blogs.adobe.com/formfeed/2009/10/populate_a_listbox_from_a_web.html

Regards

Bruce