Having issues submitting drop down fields

Hi,

I am trying to automate a form, but certain drop down fields in the form
only are click-able once lets say drop down field1 has been filled out,
then drop down field2 is available.
I can't trigger drop down field2 from being recognized because when I look
at the automation results file,
drop down field1 has been reset and it looks like its when I submit the
entire form. A page refresh occurs and I am losing data, so drop down
field1 is not being saved.

I have tried to rearrange the test to enter drop down fields first that
trigger the page refresh,
and all the form fields after - so the drop down fields I need to trigger
field2 are saved, but drop down field2 is not click-able and my form errors
out saying "please enter all the required fields".
So I need to know how to get drop down field2 to be click-able after a page
refresh.
I have tried the following and not of it triggers drop down field2:


<forceInputFieldAttribute description="Enable field2" htmlId="2a"
attributeName="disabled" attributeValue=""/>

<setSelectField description="Enable field2" htmlId="2a" text="Other"/>

<forceInputFieldAttribute description="Enable field2" htmlId="2a"
attributeName="disabled" attributeValue=""/>

<setSelectField description="Enable field2" htmlId="2a" text="Other"/>

<clickElement xpath="//option[@value='Other']"/>

Please send suggestions.

Thank You in advance.
Naz