Country/State Selector defaults

If you click on "Advanced" on the form control settings, you should be able to check "Add (select country) record on the first position" which will give the Country a "(Select Country)" option first. The state is still going to start with alabama but at least prevents users from just hitting submit and it going through.

Otherwise you can just use the Drop Down List and bind them to a SQL statement along the lines of the below:

CountryID: Drop down, on the bottom say "Has Depending Fields" checked, set the values to a SQL:

Select null as TheValue, '(Select a country)' as TheText
UNION ALL
Select CountryID as TheValue, CountryDIsplayName as TheText
FROM CMS_Country

and for the State, set it to depend on another field, (Visible on CountryID.Value > 0)

Select null as TheValue, '(Select a state)' as TheText
UNION ALL
Select StateID as TheValue, StateDisplayName as TheText
FROM CMS_State where CountryID = {% Convert.ToInt(Fields["CountryID"], -1) |(identity)GlobalAdministrator%}

Thank you Trevor, Unfortunately I don't see the options for the first solution you provided. I'll see if I can move forward with the latter.

Sounds good, if it ends up working mark as answered, or post any other questions as you come along with them on this one.

Hello again - I don't have access nor the training to technically start changing any code behind so I'm curious to know how Trevor's first suggestion can be achieved. Perhaps I'm looking in the wrong fields/settings... etc?

Thank you

Ahh yes, Thank you Trevor! :) That technically answers the question.

In our situation we are utilizing the form control, "Ajax Country Selector", which defaults to United States, Alabama which isn't desired as we want our customers to select a state, not just have it default to AL.

Thank you