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Re: Combobox / Droplist index problem [message #40261]

Fri, 30 July 2004 07:53

Chris Lee
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Registered: August 2003

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In article <8f9f5929.0407300202.20215269@posting.google.com>, "Jacques
Basson" <basson@cyclops.nu.ac.za> wrote:

> I have stumbled across a problem with retrieving the index in a combobox
> if you have some items with identical text.

I think the point of combobox is that you don't need to rely on the index
number, you get the value returned in the event (ev.str). Comboboxes also
allow the user to write their option in (if you allow it :) in which case
a -1 is returned for the index.

I suspect the combobox is returning the first result from a naive WHERE
command, hence the -1 when the selection isn't found in the original
list.

Also, what's the difference between the first '2', and the second '2'? How
does the user differentiate between them if they have the same labels?

Chris.

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		Re: Combobox / Droplist index problem By: Chris Lee on Fri, 30 July 2004 07:53
		Re: Combobox / Droplist index problem By: btt on Fri, 30 July 2004 06:01
		Re: Combobox / Droplist index problem By: David Fanning on Fri, 30 July 2004 05:31
		Re: Combobox / Droplist index problem By: basson on Sun, 01 August 2004 23:40
		Re: Combobox / Droplist index problem By: basson on Sun, 01 August 2004 23:50

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