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Setting Initial Value in Modal Combo Box

afterword — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:54:24 GMT

I'm trying to request start and end dates from the user through a modal dialogue using the combo box. I'd like 2009 to be selected in the year field by default, but I can't figure out how to accomplish this with the following year list:
years = {"2006", "2007", "2008", "2009"};

When I use
startYear = comboBox(years, <the script is ignored, though this format is interpreted properly in the non-modal framework.

Any ideas for setting a default in the modal dialogue?

Re: Setting Initial Value in Modal Combo Box

SDF1 — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 17:02:56 GMT

Hi @afterword ,

I came across this post searching for something similar. If you haven't yet found a solution, try using the <<Set() command where you'd enter the item number for the combo box. In your case, you'd enter 4 because this corresponds to "2009".

Hope this helps,

Re: Setting Initial Value in Modal Combo Box

txnelson — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:14:46 GMT

Try this

Names Default To Here( 1 );
years = {"2006", "2007", "2008", "2009"};

New Window( "test",
	modal,
	startYear = Combo Box( years,x=years[startyear<<get] ),
	startYear << set( 3 )
);

After exiting the window, the variable "x" will contain the selected year.