hello,
I'm attempting to dynamically place a ComboBox on the scene, and then
dynamically add items to the drop down list - all from XML. As I parse through
my XML file, when I encounter a specific type of entry, I want to create a
dropdown list that contains information from the childNodes.
I added a movie clip called "dropdown" to the library that just contains a
ComboBox.
I tried this...
----------------------------------[b]
_root.attachMovie("dropdown", "item1", 1);
_root["item1"]._x = 10;
_root["item1"]._y = 10;
myOptions = myXMLItem.childNodes;
_root["item1"].rowcount = 0;
for (m=1; m<=myOptions.length; m++){
if (myOptions[m].attributes.Value <> undefined){
_root["item1"].addItem(myOptions[m].attributes.Value);
}
}[/b]
The problem seems to be that the onClipEvent(construct) which initializes the
movie clip instance and makes it a combobox is called after I'm all done
creating it. Therefore, the additem call is not doing anything. I know for a
fact that the construct is called once I'm done, but I don't know how to -wait-
for that to finish before I attempt to add items. The _x and _y settings are
correctly placing the movieclip, but the internal settings of the combobox
inside the movie clip seem to be what I'm having trouble setting.
I also tried giving the ComboBox an instance name of "mycombo" inside the
movie clip. And then changing the additem call to this...
[b]_root["item1"].mycombo.addItem(myOptions[m].attributes.Value);[/b]
That didn't work either.
I've searched far and wide (books, Internet, Macromedia.com) and cannot find
any documentation on the onMovieClip(construct) function that is automatically
called on a component.
Your thoughts and ideas are great appreciated.
tofletch
