Hi, I dont think it does, I could be wrong, but I want to set the selectedIndex equal to the "employeeStateId" so if the employee has a stateId of say 3 for Arizona or whatever, I want the selectedIndex to be 3.
Unless I am missing something. -M --- In [email protected], "Ralf Bokelberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Doesn't it have to be stateCB.selectedIndex = i; > Cheers, > Ralf. > > On 2/2/07, malik_robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to set the selectedIndex of my "U.S. States" custom combo box > > equal to what the user has stored in their record in our database. Someone > > posted a link to a similar tutorial, but I could not get it to work and I > > think it seems to be slightly different than what I am doing. When the > > screen loads, the state the user is associated with should be selected, > > otherwise set the selectedIndex equal to 0. > > > > As of now it does not select anything it seems the condition where I test > > for equality fails and I always get the selectedIndex set to 0. > > > > *The code:* > > > > *public function** initStateCB(employeeStateId:Number):void** {* > > > > for ( var i:int=0; i< stateCB.dataProvider.length; i++ ) { > > if( employeeStateId == stateCB.dataProvider[i].stateId ) { > > stateCB.selectedIndex = employeeStateId ; > > } > > else { > > stateCB.selectedIndex = 0; > > } > > } > > > > *} **// close function* > > > > ** > > <mx:FormItem label="State:"> > > <comp:StateCombo id="stateCB" dataProvider="{model.stateList}" > > labelField="stateName" creationComplete="initStateCB( > > model.employeeProfileArray[0].stateId)"/> > > </mx:FormItem> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Ralf Bokelberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Flex & Flash Consultant based in Cologne/Germany > Phone +49 (0) 221 530 15 35 >
