user text added to combo list?

All data elements in a LiveCycle PDF acquire their values from two sources. The first is the default values setup at design time. The second source is the data model, which stores user entered values.

If you are adding values to a list, they should be automatically stored in the data model and re-merged into the form when it is opened. Although to tell you the truth I'm not sure, and in fact I seem to remember having problems with maintaining list values in a designer 7 project I worked on.

There are a couple of things you can do.

1. Store the list values in a hidden text field as a delimited list. When the form is opened, parse the string and repopulate the combobox.

2. Modify the default values. This can only be done on Acrobat Pro. These are in the "xfa.Template" model in about the same location and format as the display values that appear in the "xfa.form" model, but you'll have to do a little work to figure out the specifics.

3. Store the list data on a server and populate the combox using the list binding feature in Designer 7.1. I don't know why this feature wasn't put in Designer 8, but it does work in Acrobat 8. If you don't have access to Designer 7.1, then there are other ways to acquire the list data from a server, such as a regular data submit.