selected Item always give you the object.You have to typecast it into String or use Selected Label.
Kind Regards Abhijit On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 8:45 AM, funandlearning3 <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Hi, > > I have a combobox which is populated with query on backend. when I am > trying to display a alert box with the selectedItem, I get the following > error: > > Multiple markers at this line:Implicit coercion of a value with static type > object to a possibly unrelated type string: > > Here is my code snippet > > private function checkAdvisor(event:Event):void{ > > Alert.show(populateAdvisors.selectedItem); > } > > MXML code: > > <mx:FormItem label="Advisor"> > <mx:ComboBox id="populateAdvisors" labelField="Advisor" width="150" > change="checkAdvisor(event)"/> > </mx:FormItem> > > Can anyone tell me where the mistake is? > > Thanks > > > -- I may be miles away... but I am just a mail away.... so keep mailing... Cheers, Abhijit
