ComboBox.InsertItem

[rexzooly]

OK. Here is the .apz that is calling up the data from my domain to populate the ComboBox. As you will see, the "Lines to display in dropdown" is set to 6. However, all 21 items populate the list. Only 6 should display and a scroll bar should be present.

ok why don't you get the info first then get the combo to open it its becasue its loading in to the box as you open it i think thats whats making the problem.
matbe get the info download it to the load system in maybe a text formate and then added or set it in to a table frist then call it that way.

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Yes i let it load and now i just get 6 you need to download the contect before the user users the combo.

[David REMD]

OK. Here is the .apz that is calling up the data from my domain to populate the ComboBox. As you will see, the "Lines to display in dropdown" is set to 6. However, all 21 items populate the list. Only 6 should display and a scroll bar should be present.

[rexzooly]

The Combo Box should now list all 21 entries and run off the page...even though the properties is set to 6 lines to display. Have you recreated the same issue?

erm ok i seem to unable to get this problem i got it when i opend the first one
with the error but now its not doing it anymore since you posted this one
it dose not give me that many it just gives me 6 i have tested it but the contect from the php file is not been show in the combo

[David REMD]

The Combo Box should now list all 21 entries and run off the page...even though the properties is set to 6 lines to display. Have you recreated the same issue?

[rexzooly]

Yes. Now remove the following code from the Page "On Show" and you will get the original result that prompted the post.

for n=2,21 do
	ComboBox.InsertItem("ComboBox9", n, n, "")
end

ok will do give me a moment.

.....EDITED

Ok i now see just blank fields
can i ask why this is like this

gCommunitiesData.gCommunitiesData

and this is like this?

gCommunitiesData = {gCommunitiesData="http://localhost/test/communities.php"};

i just wonder why you are including gCommunitiesData in the gCommunitiesData = part then calling gCommunitiesData.gCommunitiesData

[David REMD]

Yes. Now remove the following code from the Page "On Show" and you will get the original result that prompted the post.

for n=2,21 do
	ComboBox.InsertItem("ComboBox9", n, n, "")
end

[rexzooly]

ok now get no errors but i get around 22 blank fields and then numbers after the blank fields starting with 2.

[rexzooly]

My apologies. I am using a username & password verification in the actual application. I have removed it. Here is the updated .apz

ok i will give this one a tst give me 5

[David REMD]

My apologies. I am using a username & password verification in the actual application. I have removed it. Here is the updated .apz

[rexzooly]

Here it is. Please let me know.

ok i have tested this on my localhost server and i just get on select error line 6

[David REMD]

Here it is. Please let me know.

[jassing]

Perhaps, trying out a basic example like I did and seeing if that works.

I've replicated it w/o code -- all in the gui -- add some items, set the display # to 4 -- and it displayed all the items....

[holtgrewe]

Is it possible to create this problem on a small single page project and post it so several sets of eyes could analyse this problem...? As well as IR.

If your example fails on everyone's system, it will certainly be easy to diagnose and fix. Environmental problems are sometimes impossible to diagnose.

[Intrigued]

It's odd this has not come up before (or has it?) in all the years this action has been available to us developers. And times that by all the applications that have gone out to clients. That's got to be in the 10s of thousdands, or more, interactions with that action.

Wild stuff there... I wish you the best in tracking that bug down. Perhaps, trying out a basic example like I did and seeing if that works. If not, then that would really get me scratching my head, as it works, has been working, for me fine.

*scene where ghosts are seen moving across the forums*

[David REMD]

It's definately not machine specific. I tested on 3 other machines and got the same result. What good is the ComboBox.InsertItem action, when populating the list with external data, if one can not control the object properties? Either this is a bug or there are other actions needed to control the number of lines to display. Still in need of a solution...