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I have not found a way to place the list of diagnoses (long) into the drop
down list in options for a form field. Anyone know how to do this?
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Hi Carol,

You need to add the items, one at a time, to a maximum of 25.

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I have not found a way to place the list of diagnoses (long) into the drop
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The dropdown form field list cannot exceed 25 items.

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On Oct 28, 5:01*pm, Carol wrote:
I have not found a way to place the list of diagnoses (long) into the drop
down list in options for a form field. Anyone know how to do this?


As other have already mentioned, if this long list is longer than 25
you will have a problem. Problem illustratated he

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Linked_DropDown_Fields.htm

Possible work a round he

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/FormField_...rm_ListBox.htm
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