Except that assumes the dataProvider for the ComboBox is an array of simple values, which is often/usually not the case.
Also, break; the loop inside the if(). No point in continuing the loop once the match is found. Tracy ________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of danielvlopes Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 2:30 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Sugestion for ComboBox component Hello Tracy, i made exactly this, extended and use this function: public function setComboItem(combo:String,item:String):void{ for(var i:Number = 0; i < this[combo].dataProvider.length; i++) { if(this[combo].dataProvider[i] == item){ this[combo].selectedIndex = i; } } } But i'm think this is good think to be inside original comp. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Extend combobox yourself, add this functionality, it is not difficult. > You only need to do it once. And there are components available that do > this, I have one that is part of an item renderer, here: > > http://www.cflex.net/showfiledetails.cfm?ChannelID=1&Object=File&objectI <http://www.cflex.net/showfiledetails.cfm?ChannelID=1&Object=File&object I> > D=767 It is just an example, not a production level component, the main > problems are with the renerder part, defining the row-level dataProvider > for the combo drop down. Take that out and it gets much simpler. > > > > One issue with doing it generically is specifying which property of the > ComboBox dataProvider item to use for the match. You may not be matching > on the "label". See how I handled it im my example. > > > > Tracy > > > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ] On > Behalf Of danielvlopes > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 1:32 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [flexcoders] Sugestion for ComboBox component > > > > Hello everybody, i want make a sugestion for Adobe Flex Team, and i > know some members of Flex team participate here, in my projects when i > use combobox to recover data from database and selected item of this > combo must be set to the data recorded in database i do loops in > entire dataprovider to find the value and your index to use > selectedIndex to receive this index. > > This is very common when you use combo to add and edit data in > database and i think everybody need this, why adobe don't incorpore > some new method in next release for do this? Something like > setSelectedLabe(label:String) ... >
