# ComboBox:The component from Hell!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combobox-the-component-from-hell/159170>\
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**Created:** [August 15, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combobox-the-component-from-hell/159170 "2005-08-15T15:58:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![MistaEatRite](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mistaeatrite/32/1498_2.png) [@MistaEatRite](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MistaEatRite)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/combobox-the-component-from-hell/159170/1 "2005-08-15T15:58:10Z")

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I’mmmm backkkkkk! LOL! Ok, oh ye mighty Flash Gods, here’s a new one for you: Created an .swf to serve as contact form to be loaded into main .swf; Placed an instance of the combox onto my movieclip which contains my form. Gave it an instance name “myComboBox”. Placed my labels in an array via CB’s (CB = ComboBox) property inspector. Placed this script in my actions layer:

```auto

myComboBoxListener = new Object();
myComboBoxListener.change = function(eventObj)
{
    var eventSource = eventObj.target;
           
    var theSelectedItem = eventSource.selectedItem;
    var theSelectedItemLabel = theSelectedItem.label;
           
    trace ( "You selected "+theSelectedItemLabel+".");
} 
myComboBox.addEventListener ("change", myComboBoxListener);

```

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When i went to test my movie, no combox appeared.  
Then I deleted the combobox and redrug it onto the stage from the instance that was in my library. I then reset all of my parameters and went to test it again…still no CB. Then i tried removing the actionscript; thentesting it agin…still no CB. Could someone explain to me what I might be doing wrong? I really need to fix this A.S.A. P.