I would like to have a user be able to select one item from a short list (a
movie clip drop down), and then place that choice into an input text box to
which I have assigned a variable name.

Many thanks for any help here.

Tom

I'm assuming you're working woth button components.



combo.addItem({data:null, label:"Select"});
combo.addItem({data:"dog", label:"dog"});
combo.addItem({data:"cat", label:"cat"});
combo.addItem({data:"fish", label:"fish"});
combo.addItem({data:"bird", label:"bird"});

var listener:Object = new Object();
listener.change = function(eventObject:Object) {
input.text = combo.selectedItem.data;
}
combo.addEventListener("change", listener);