Binding Drop Down Lists

Question

Hello,
I am trying to figure out how i can bind drop down lists. I want it so if you choose a certain selection in drop down list 1, then you are only able to pick a certain selection out of drop down 2. So basically each selection in drop down 1 will give you different options to select in drop down 2. Sorry if i made that really confusing. Thanks
-Aaron-

Answer 1

Hi,
Here is a mock-up version of the spreadsheet.
The first dropdown has the nine categories set in the Object / Field tab. Also have a look in the Object / Binding tab as there are values specified for each of the nine categories. These will be used later in the script.
The second dropdown does not have any values specified in the Object / Field tab.
Instead there is script in the exit event of the first dropdown. This is a switch statement that first of all looks at the bound value ("9030") of the choice that the user has made ("9030 National Marketing"). The statement then looks at each case until it gets to one that matches; then it runs the script for that case and then breaks from the switch statement.
Each case starts off with:
DropDownList2.clearItems();
DropDownList2.rawValue = null;
This is important because this clears the list in dropdown2 and sets its value to null. These two lines are then followed by a series of addItem() script which goes through all of the types in that category.
I have scripted all of 9030 and the first five lines of 9031. This should get you out of the traps. It is a bit of a pain, but just copy and paste downwards.
Each case ends with a "break;" and the last "}" closes the switch statement.
Good luck,
Niall