I would expect you would set it up something like this:
<mx:ComboBox id="appName" styleName="glass" width="161" change="dispatchFilter();"> <mx:dataProvider> <mx:Array> <mx:Object label="All" url="http://a.b.com/somehttpservice?filter=all"; /> <mx:Object label="Cellular Mobile" url="http://a.b.com/somehttpservice?filter=cellularmobile"; /> ... </mx:Array> </mx:dataProvider> </mx:ComboBox> private function dispatchFilter():void { trace(appName.selectedItem.url); // use this url to fetch the XML } ________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of danj520 Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 11:02 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: ComboBox & URLs I tried this, but I'm not sure it will work as you suggested. Here's what I have for populating the ComboBox and the change event. <mx:ComboBox id="appName" styleName="glass" width="161" change="dispatchFilter();"> <mx:dataProvider> <mx:Array> <mx:String>All</mx:String> <mx:String>Cellular Mobile</mx:String> <mx:String>12.5V HF SSB</mx:String> <mx:String>28V HF SSB</mx:String> <mx:String>50V HF SSB</mx:String> <mx:String>Cellular Base Station</mx:String> </mx:Array> </mx:dataProvider> </mx:ComboBox> private function dispatchFilter():void { var event:ProductFilterEvent = new ProductFilterEvent(filter, thumbBeingPressed); dispatchEvent(event); currentState = "showingThumbnails"; } If I choose any option, the dispatchFilter function will filter the data based on the option criteria, and it's not what I want, what I want is the URL defined for the HTTPService so I can load a new XML file on the fly. What I think I need is a different "change=" function to do that. Hopefully, this is not too confusing. Thank you again kindly for your time. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Assuming you know the mapping of combobox items to URLs, you can > populate the array as follows: > > > > <mx:Array> > > <mx:Object label="choice 1" url="http://a.b.com/url1 <http://a.b.com/url1> " /> > > <mx:Object label="choice 2" url="http://a.b.com/url2 <http://a.b.com/url2> " /> > > <mx:Object label="choice 3" url="http://a.b.com/url3 <http://a.b.com/url3> " /> > > </mx:Array > > > > The combo box will display "choice 1", "choice 2", or "choice3". When > an option is selected, selectedItem.url is the url. > > > > -Alex > > > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ] On > Behalf Of danj520 > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 10:05 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [flexcoders] ComboBox & URLs > > > > I hope someone can help. I have a ComboBox that has a list of options. > When an option is selected, I would like a corresponding XML file to > be loaded. I assume I have to declare a string variable to assign the > URL. The ComboBox dataProvider is hard-coded with an <mx:Array>, but > I'm stuck on how to assign the URL from the option selected. I > appreciate any help I can get. I'm familiar with how to load the data > with HTTPService. Thanks in advance... >
