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In this step you will make the State and Country field a drop-down which shows states in the US. The data for the drop-down comes from a static table which is shipped with aXes eXtensions.
1.   Click on Edit Screen in the aXes Designer window.
2.   Select the State and Country field on the DisplayEmployee screen.
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3.   In aXes Designer, delete the default visualization of the field:

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4. Drag a Dropdown and drop it on the field:

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The default visualization of the field is now Dropdown:

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5. Change the dataSourceType of the drop-down to Static Table.

6. Specify USState as the tableName.

7. Save the screen customization.

8. Execute the Framework as a VLF-WIN application, as Designer, to test the drop-down:

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You can set the values displayed in the drop-down also by entering fixed values or by using a dynamic table. The aXes tutorials contain detailed information about how to do this.