[fs22]

Has anyone ever set the initially selected value of a select menu equal to a value in an external file like a cookie or something? So basically making the initial value selected dynamic in nature.

[TwoD]

All you need to do is to set the .selectedIndex property to a variable and change that variable dynamically to whatever you want like this (simplified):

myCookie=parseInt(document.cookie)

document.getElementById('mySelectBox').selectedInd ex = myCookie

This of course has to be done after the selectbox has been rendered on the page otherwise you'll end up with a reference error...