Ok I can’t find any doco on this and it’s driving me crazy. Anyone know how you specify the default value for the V2 ComboBox component based on the selectedItem when you don’t know the selectedIndex? Here’s my scenario:
I have a hardcoded combobox called “dd_names” with 50 names in it. I’m returning a dataset into Flash via a SQL query, and onload I need the dd_names dropdown to default to the value of the name returned in the dataset. So if the query returns “Tom” I need the dropdown to default to “Tom.”
I tried setting dd_names.selectedItem = “Tom” and dd_names.value = “Tom” and these don’t work. The ComboBox just defaults to the first item in the list.
However, if I use the selectedIndex property and set dd_names.selectedIndex = 3, the ComboxBox doesn’t default to the first item in the list but shows the appropriate item. This doesn’t help because I don’t know the selectedIndex being returned from the query - I only know the selectedItem. Anyone know how to do this???
thxInAdv
