You can check the current value you saved, and then use
CtlSetLabel(ControlPtr ControlP,
CharPtr newLabel) during initialization of the form to set the popup to the
selected value.
Zoltan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Fistel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 1999 11:28 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: updating the popup list label
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> Is there a way to change the popup trigger label to reflect the current
> list selection when switching between applications? Let's say I create
> a list of 3 items, ColorList, on ColorForm
> red
> green
> blue.
> In Constructor I created the popup trigger, ColorPopup, and chose red
> as the label. While I'm in ColorForm, the currently active form, the
> popup trigger label displays whatever the current list selection is. If
> I choose green it becomes green. After every selection I save the list
> item number. Now some other form becomes active. Eventually ColorForm
> becomes the active form. When I go to display the popup trigger I want
> to green, the list item selected from ColorList, to be the popup trigger
> label, but red displays.
>
> -Bruce Fistel
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> Bruce Fistel
> Zaphod Industries, Inc.
> P.O. Box 442
> Northwood, NH 03261-0442
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