Yes, I was going to do it with selectedLabel and selectedItem but you
specifically talked about the index so I thought that was what you wanted.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "nehavyas13" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> But I guess setting selectedIndex would not work, as it is quite
> possible for an extra item to be added in the data and hence the text
> that was selected might now be 4th instead of 3rd.
>
> I think I might have to use selectedlabel and store it and then
> compare that text value in dataprovider's data and then set the
> selectedindex.
>
> But is this the standard behavious or combo box i.e it chages the
> selected item as soon as the dataprovider gets a new set of data?
>
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "valdhor" <stevedepp@> wrote:
> >
> > Create a variable to hold the current selection index
> >
> > private var comboCurrentSelectedIndex:int = -1;
> >
> > add a change event to the comboBox
> >
> > <mx:ComboBox id="myComboBox" change="myComboBoxChanged()"/>
> >
> > keep the selected index current
> >
> > private function myComboBoxChanged():void
> > {
> > comboCurrentSelectedIndex = myComboBox.selectedIndex;
> > }
> >
> > When the new data comes in, set the selectedIndex of the comboBox to
> > the saved index
> >
> > myComboBox.selectedIndex = comboCurrentSelectedIndex;
> >
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "nehavyas13" <nehavyas13@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am using a combo box and its dataprovider is an arrayCollection
> > > (dp1.arr1, dp1 is a actionscript class and arr1 is a global
> > > arraycollection for class). The data is refreshed every minute.
Hence,
> > > in the dp1 class, refreshData() method gets called every minute and
> > > populates a new arraycollection arr2 with the data everytime.
And then
> > > lastly arr1 points to arr2. (ie. in code I write arr1=arr2). This
> > > works fine.
> > >
> > > But the problem is say if I had selected "value 3" in combo
box. Now
> > > when data refreshes and arr1=arr2, the combobox shows "value 1" i.e
> > > the 1st value in the array.
> > >
> > > What I want is the data in the combo box should be refreshed every
> > > min. and also the selected value should not change. The data is
bound
> > > to change everytime. i.e some values might be deleted and some new
> > > values might be added.
> > >
> > > Can somebody please provide me with an example for this or provide a
> > > solution to my above problem so that the seleceted value in
combo box
> > > remains same?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> >
>
