Hi
I need a form to populate dropdown selections upon form initialisation and then pull additional data accross to the form from a simple table located 'somewhere'. The data is fairly simple and there is no requirement to 'write' to the table or database from the form. The diagram below attempts to describe what I need to do.
My question is this - what are my options for the source of the data? It will be relatively small amounts of data <2000 lines and could be 'embedded' into the form if required (would this be an array? If so how do I get the data in?) or perhaps sent with the form as an excel that it links to (I will be emailing the form to very few users (<50) ). I have looked at full database connections however believe this will require users to have Acrobat or Reader Extensions (both of which are not an option).
I hope this makes sense - please yell if not - any advice or thoughts on my options here and the pro's and cons I need to consider would be most appreciated folks!
Thanks
Ellis