Combobox Value/Display Members

[Jez]

I can see that works but still dont see how I can "get at" the underlying
numeric value of the combobox.  Does this mechanism only work for values
1,2,3,4,etc or will it also work for any values (1,10,55,80, etc)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jan Schenkel" <janschenkel at yahoo.com>
To: <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: Combobox Value/Display Members


> --- Jez <jbradshaw at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> > In "most" development environments comboboxes have
> > separate value and
> > display elements, eg. some descriptive text is
> > displayed but underneath the
> > hood it has a value of some numeric ID. In rev it
> > only seems to have one
> > element used for both value and display, or am I
> > missing something ?
> >
> > Also, in a database application when I tie a
> > combobox to an automatic
> > recordset, nothing seems to happen, possibly due to
> > the same reasons.
> >
> >
>
> Hi Jez,
>
> Let's say you're going for the following:
> - database field value 1 <=> "Pink"
> - database field value 2 <=> "Blue"
> - database field value 3 <=> "Yellow"
> - database field value 4 <=> "Black"
>
> Try an option menu ; set its text to :
> Pink
> Blue
> Yellow
> Black
>
> Now use the inspector palette to link it to a query.
> When you go through the records, the option menu will
> be updated with the correct label.
>
> If you also check the "Update after editing" checkbox
> in the "Database panel", then picking another item
> will automatically result in an updtae in the
> database.
>
> Hope this helped,
>
> Jan Schenkel.
>
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