Custom field values

Hi
I am creating custom export functionality for my client who wants to export data in XML format.
My code looks something like this

for ....{
$particpant->addAttribute('State', $row->state);
 ....
}
This all works and I can obtain the data from state. The problem is I would like to assign a value to certain List box fields. The mark up out put is as follows using devtools
<select ...
<option value="Western Australia'">Western Australia</option>
<option value="New South Wales'">New South Wales</option>
....
</<select>
What I would like is this
<select ...
<option value="WA'">Western Australia</option>
<option value="NSW'">New South Wales</option>
....
</<select>
and obtain the value.

Is this possible?
My field is set up with the following (see attached)
Field Type: List
Values:
Western Australia
New South Wales
.......

Is this possible?

Thanks in advance.
Leah

Hi Leah

It is not possible to have it works like that for Text custom field type. For your need, I think you should adjust the code which handle export to output the value instead of text instead

Tuan

For my software I need those values but the user will need to see the friendly version. That's OK. I have adjusted my code to do an array lookup which works fine.

I appreciate your time in answering my question.