# Combo Box swf vs. exe woes

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combo-box-swf-vs-exe-woes/171731>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 7, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combo-box-swf-vs-exe-woes/171731 "2005-12-07T19:54:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![actionb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@actionb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/actionb)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combo-box-swf-vs-exe-woes/171731/1 "2005-12-07T19:54:24Z")

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Here’s a doozy -  
Developing on MX 2004 ap (on a Mac) for CD-ROM distribution (primarily Windows.) The aps purpose is to sift through docs and load images using data sets, XML, a combobox and an image loader. This aspect is loaded as a swf from a parent swf.

Everything works fine on the SWF from the Mac. The .exe file run from a Windows machine runs everything fine except for the combobox which always snaps to the first record after making the selection. I’ve tried a couple variations of lockroot (this.mycombobox.lockroot = true, mycombobox.lockroot=true) with no luck. I’ve also tried loading a swf on a Windows browser instead of the .exe, but had the same result.

Any info on this?