Alex, thanks your hint was good. Since the id was attribute of province xml part= <province id="3" selected="false">Utrecht</province>
i could use [EMAIL PROTECTED] which i think is a little odd, or a bit 'hidden' for me, how can i see that i can use all the attributes off a listitem. But thanks, you pointed out the right direction. and i see Flex undelaying nature a little bit more clear. By the way i started with a commodore 16, which also asked for compact programming.( i saw your windows remark) Gerard --- In [email protected], "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would use selectedItem.id > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of gdruiven > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 1:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] mx:List name/value pair > > > > Hi , i'm new with flex an dthis list, not with actionscript and flash. > > my problem is, i have a mx:List and it's data comes out of a xml which > i get from the server. > > it's a list of provinces, and they have a name and an id. > > I want to send the id back to the server when someone selects a > province. > > i fill the list with dataProvider. But when i show the name of > province, the listId.value is also the name of the province, but i > want the value to be the id. > > Is there a way to show Province name in the list, and let the province > id be the value? > that is without writing to much as3. > without using <mx:dataProvider><mx:Object label="" data=" > /></mx:dataProvider> (also because i do not see how to fill this > dynamicly. > > Gerard Druiven >
