Try this:
for (var i:Number=0; i < bob.dataProvider.length; i++) {
if (bob.dataProvider[i].bobid == mybobid) {
bob.selectedIndex = i;
break;
}
}
--- In [email protected], "flexjeremy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Boy do I feel like a dork. Excellent. Thank you. One last thing if I
> were getting a value out of the database is there a way to say that
> item is selected? I know how to do this in ColdFusion, but I'm
> thinking that would be totally different in Flex.
>
> SO for example in CF we do it this way.
>
> <select name="bob" id="bob">
> <option value="#mybobid#" <cfif mybobid IS
> mybobidfromdb>selected</cfif>>#mybob#</option>
> </select>
>
> In flex we do it......?
>
>
> *insert blank look from jeremy*
>
>
> Jeremy
>
>
> --- In [email protected], "Maury Sword" <maury.sword@>
wrote:
> >
> > Jeremy,
> >
> > You will need to specify a labelField or labelFunction in order
for
> > the ComboBox to know what you want to display.
> >
> > Maury
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "flexjeremy" <flexjeremy@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello helpful list,
> > >
> > > I seem to be confusing myself. I'm using ColdFusion to get the
data
> > > out of our database. Simple. I got a remote object getting the
data.
> > >
> > > <mx:RemoteObject id="remoteService" destination="ColdFusion"
> > > source="Cows3.cows" showBusyCursor="true"/>
> > >
> > > Now what I want to do is firstly get the data into it. I tried
this
> > by
> > > doing the following.
> > >
> > > <mx:ComboBox id="ProcessorName"
> > > dataProvider="{remoteService.getProcessors.lastResult}">
> > > </mx:ComboBox>
> > >
> > > Now I know that it needs to be in an Array. When I dump the
data
> > into
> > > a grid. It works fine. i.e.
> > >
> > > <mx:DataGrid
> > dataProvider="{remoteService.getProcessors.lastResult}">
> > > </mx:DataGrid>
> > >
> > > All the examples on Adobe's site is shitting me. Cause they are
put
> > in
> > > from an Array they manually make.
> > >
> > > Help. Again.
> > >
> > > Jeremy
> > >
> >
>
