flash actionscript: Your question is a little unclear on what you are trying to achieve.

The comboBox component has two values you can set: label and data. The
label is what shows up in the drop down.
You can get the values of the comboBox like so:

myComboBox.getItemAt(1).label
myComboBox.getItemAt(1).data

Take a look at the ComboBox class for more info.


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Hi guys and girls

I have a drop down men on my contact form and its the combo box that is
already been built, my question is how can i get the data that the user will
select to appear in my email.

i can do it with with textfields, where by you make both the variable names
the same , but im unsure about the combo box.

the server side langauge i am using is php.

cheers

if you use a loadvars object to call you php you can use:



var lo:Object = new Object();
var lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
lo.change = function(eo:Object) {
lv.eo.target = eo.target.selectedItem.data;
};
cb.addEventListener("change", lo); // where cb is your combobox instance name.

i well what i want to dois allow the user to select from a drop down menu, and
what ever is chosen. Using the same methods for the standard input textfield.
where by the varibale names in the sf file and the php file are the same , all
is well, and the data is sent to my email account.

i assumed the combox worked the same whereby keeping variable names the same
in your and php.

the code i gave should be:



var lo:Object = new Object();
var lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
lo.change = function(eo:Object) {
lv[eo.target] = eo.target.selectedItem.data;
};
cb.addEventListener("change", lo); // where cb is your combobox instance name.

Hi there,

Thanks for your speedy reply.

So with the code you had given me, it had published an error

[b]**Error** Symbol=sprite 194, layer=Layer 19, frame=1:Line 16: Statement
must appear within on/onClipEvent handler[/b]

To which i had placed an onClipevent ( should i have done this?? )

now once i did that a new error comes out displaying

[b]**Error** Symbol=sprite 194, layer=Layer 19, frame=1:Line 18: '('
expected[/b]

i believe i may have totally messed up here, sorry