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Drop-down List Samples

The "Countries" custom drop-down list object in the Custom object library in Designer only has 55 countries listed. With well over a hundred missing I thought it would be worth sharing the complete list that I had to put together for a recent project. This includes the complete UN list of countries as well as the States & Provinces in North America. Thanks to http://openconcept.ca/blog/mgifford/text_list_all_countries for the text list.

Download the sample below and then open with Designer. Once loaded, drag each of the objects from the PDF into the Custom Object Library. Once there, you will be able to drag and drop these on to any of your forms. Better yet, create Form Fragments so if any changes occur you only have to update the data in one place.

Posted by Lee Sutton on May 8, 2008 09:14 PM |

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For the love of G-d, no, don’t force a drop-down list with a hundred items on people. It’s just basic usability. People know quite well how to write the name of their country. [edit]

Canada has provinces *and territories*. Do you know how many of each?

Posted by: Joe Clark | May 8, 2008 11:13 PM

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