Kai, That is the sort of what I'm trying to do but I'm using a drop-down widget not a choice widget and them seem to behave differently. I tried to adapt what you suggest to the drop-down but it does not update.
Alan Macleod Cell# 347--886-7055 Xpeditus inc. 26 Railroad Avenue, #330 Babylon, NY 11702 631-649-4200 -----Original Message----- From: rebol-bounce@rebol.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kai Peters Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 1:59 PM To: Alan Subject: [REBOL] Re: Updating a drop list On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:05:14 -0500, Alan wrote: > > I'm having trouble updating a drop-down list. > > The drop list is populated by reading a database and storing names in a= variable (data_list): > > data_picked: drop-down data data_list > > If I update the data base and re-read the updated db I see that the= variable holds the correctly > updated info but I can not get the drop list to display it. > > "Show" does not seem to work as it does on other widgets. > > (2nd time sent. Sorry if it duplicates but I waited a few hours without= seeing the original post > turn up in the ML) > > Alan Macleod Alan ~ something like below (if I understand you correctly)? Kai form: layout [ sel: choice 50 "A" "B" "C" btn "Change" [ sel/texts: [ "D" "E" "F" ] show sel ] ] inform form -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject. -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject.