Drop Down menu help needed

Question

Hi, on my site at the checkout page, it has 2 drop down menus, one for country and one for state.  right now as it is, if you select United States from the first menu, you are then able to select which state you are from.  But if any other country is selected, the Select State drop down menu dissappears.  The coding looks like this right now
private function onChange(target:SelectCountryCombo):Void {
  switch(target) {
   case _selectCountry:
    if (target.value == 'US')
     _selectState.visible = true      
    else
     _selectState.visible = false;
   break;
What i want to do is make it so that if you select canada the drop down menu stays visable, and i've added the provinces into the list.  I tried adding 'CA' along with the 'US' but that makes it stay visible for all countries, i only want it visible for the 2.  it seems easy but i really dont know action script very well at all.  Thanks a lot for any  help

Answer 1

I just had another question about the same thing. Is it possible that when CA is selected, that a different data provider for the "Select State" list would come up? For example, if US were selected it would load "_selectState.dataProvider = PayPalStateUSList.instance.option;" but if CA were selected, i could have it load the same thing but with just provinces? i tried to just copy the coding for PayPalStateUSList and rename it PayPalStateCAList with the list changed to provinces, and have it load it in the as but i dont really know what im doing.
right now i just have the states and provinces all in one list, but its just harder to select when everything is all mixed in. it looks a bit unorganized.
another thing i would like to do, is change the total price based on the country selected in the drop down menu, if its possible. right now I have a shipping charge being added to the total from the shopping cart screen (thanks to kglad), but what would make more sence would to have the shipping based on wether its domestic or international. would it be possible to change the total based on the country selected?
these are the last of my questions, after these 2 issues are fixed my site is complete.  Thanks for all the help
The coding for the page looks like this (both my concerns are on the same page)
import mx.utils.Delegate;
import kliment.managers.PopUpManager;
import kliment.data.FormField;
import kliment.display.MCC;
import kliment.net.URL;
import kliment.net.URLMethod;
import kliment.net.URLTarget;
import kliment.utils._Object;
import kliment.utils._String;
import as.Application;
import as.Settings;
import as.SimpleButton;
import as.subpage.elements.AgreeCheckBox;
import as.subpage.elements.SelectStateCombo;
import as.subpage.SubpageAbstract;
import as.menu.Menu;
import as.AlertMessage;
import as.shopingcart.PayPalCountryList;
import as.shopingcart.PayPalStateUSList;
import as.subpage.elements.SelectCountryCombo;
import as.subpage.elements.SelectCountryItemRender;
* @author ...
class as.subpage.ViewCheckout extends SubpageAbstract {
private var _IDENTIFIER:String = 'checkout_view';
private var _price_txt:TextField;
private var _f_name_txt:FormField;
private var _l_name_txt:FormField;
private var _email_txt:FormField;
private var _phone_txt:FormField;
private var _city_txt:FormField;
private var _street_txt:FormField;
private var _zip_txt:FormField;
private var _country_cb:FormField;
private var _state_cb:FormField;
private var _selectCountry:SelectCountryCombo;
private var _selectState:SelectCountryCombo;
private var _i_agree_cb:AgreeCheckBox;
private var _proceed_btn:SimpleButton;
public function ViewCheckout() {
  super();
private function _init():Void {
  _target_mc = MCC.attach(_IDENTIFIER, _host.content_mc);
  _page_mc = _target_mc.page_mc;
  _price_txt = _page_mc.price_txt;
  _price_txt.autoSize = 'left';
  _price_txt.text = Settings.CURRENCY + _String.decimalFractions(Application.instance.aSopingCart.totalPrice, 2);
  _f_name_txt = new FormField(_page_mc.f_name_txt, 'first_name', _page_mc.f_name_txt.text, true);
  _l_name_txt = new FormField(_page_mc.l_name_txt, 'last_name', _page_mc.l_name_txt.text, true);
  _city_txt = new FormField(_page_mc.city_txt, 'city', _page_mc.city_txt.text, true);
  _street_txt = new FormField(_page_mc.street_txt, 'address1', _page_mc.street_txt.text, true);
  _zip_txt = new FormField(_page_mc.zip_txt, 'zip', _page_mc.zip_txt.text, true);
  _email_txt = new FormField(_page_mc.email_txt, 'email', _page_mc.email_txt.text, true);
  _phone_txt = new FormField(_page_mc.phone_txt, 'night_phone_b', _page_mc.phone_txt.text);
  _selectCountry = new SelectCountryCombo(_page_mc.select_country_mc, 'combo_box_list', 'Select a country');
  _selectCountry.itemRender = SelectCountryItemRender;
  _selectCountry.dataProvider = PayPalCountryList.instance.option;
  _selectCountry.addListener(this);
  _selectState = new SelectCountryCombo(_page_mc.select_state_mc, 'combo_box_list', 'Select a state');
  _selectState.itemRender = SelectCountryItemRender;
  _selectState.dataProvider = PayPalStateUSList.instance.option;
  _selectState.addListener(this);
  _country_cb = new FormField(_selectCountry, 'adress_country', '', true);
  _state_cb = new FormField(_selectState, 'adress_state', ''); 
  _proceed_btn = new SimpleButton(_page_mc.proceed_mc);
  _proceed_btn.onClick = Delegate.create(this, _onProceedClickHandler);
  _i_agree_cb = new AgreeCheckBox(_page_mc.i_agree_mc);
  _page_mc.f_name_txt.tabIndex = 0;
  _page_mc.l_name_txt.tabIndex = 1;
  _page_mc.email_txt.tabIndex = 2;
  _page_mc.phone_txt.tabIndex = 3;
  _page_mc.zip_txt.tabIndex = 4;
  _page_mc.city_txt.tabIndex = 5;
  _page_mc.street_txt.tabIndex = 6;
  _page_mc._y = 33;
  _page_mc._x = 50;
private function onChange(target:SelectCountryCombo):Void {
  switch(target) {
   case _selectCountry:
    if (target.value == 'US' || target.value=="CA")
     _selectState.visible = true      
    else
     _selectState.visible = false;
   break;
private function _onProceedClickHandler():Void {
  var isError:Boolean = false;
  var isErrorSelect:Boolean = false;
  var message:String = '';
  var messageLine1:String = '';
  var messageLine2:String = '';
  var forSend:Object = new Object();
  forSend.cmd = '_cart';
  forSend.business = Settings.BUSINESS_EMAIL;
  forSend.currency_code = Settings.CURRENCY_CODE;
  forSend.upload = 1;
  forSend.address_override = 1;
  forSend.rm = 2;
  forSend.no_shipping = 1;
  if (Settings.NOTIFY_URL)
  forSend.notify_url = Settings.NOTIFY_URL;
  if (Settings.RETURN_URL)
  forSend.return_url = Settings.RETURN_URL;
  var purchasesList:Object = Application.instance.aSopingCart.getPayPalCarts();
  if (!purchasesList) {
   isError = true;
   message += 'The shopping cart is empty.'+newline;
  if (_f_name_txt.isValid)
   forSend[_f_name_txt.name] = _f_name_txt.value;
  else {
   messageLine1 += ((isError)?', ':'') + String(_f_name_txt.start_value).toLowerCase();
   isError = true;
  if (_l_name_txt.isValid)
   forSend[_l_name_txt.name] = _l_name_txt.value;
  else {
   messageLine1 += ((isError)?', ':'') + String(_l_name_txt.start_value).toLowerCase();
   isError = true;
  if (_email_txt.isValid)
   forSend[_email_txt.name] = _email_txt.value;
  else {
   messageLine1 += ((isError)?', ':'') + String(_email_txt.start_value).toLowerCase();
   isError = true;
  if (_phone_txt.isValid)
   forSend[_phone_txt.name] = _phone_txt.value;
  else {
   messageLine1 += ((isError)?', ':'') + String(_phone_txt.start_value).toLowerCase();
   isError = true;
  if (_city_txt.isValid)
   forSend[_city_txt.name] = _city_txt.value;
  else {
   messageLine1 += ((isError)?', ':'') + String(_city_txt.start_value).toLowerCase();
   isError = true;
  if (_street_txt.isValid)
   forSend[_street_txt.name] = _street_txt.value;
  else {
   messageLine1 += ((isError)?', ':'') + String(_street_txt.start_value).toLowerCase();
   isError = true;
  if (_zip_txt.isValid)
   forSend[_zip_txt.name] = _zip_txt.value;
  else {
   messageLine1 += ((isError)?', ':'') + String(_zip_txt.start_value).toLowerCase();
   isError = true;
  if (isError)
   messageLine1 = 'Please enter your ' + messageLine1 + '. ' + newline;
  if (_selectCountry.selectedIndex >= 0)
   forSend['country_code'] = _selectCountry.value;
  else {
   messageLine2 += ((isErrorSelect)?', ':'') + 'country';
   isError = true;
   isErrorSelect = true;
  if (_selectState.selectedIndex >= 0 && _selectCountry.value == 'US')
   forSend['state'] = _selectState.value;
  else if (_selectCountry.value == 'US'){
   messageLine2 += ((isErrorSelect)?', ':'') + 'state';
   isError = true;
   isErrorSelect = true;
  if (isErrorSelect)
   messageLine2 = 'Please select your ' + messageLine2 + '. ' + newline;
  //isError = false;
  if (!isError && Boolean(_i_agree_cb.value)) {
   _Object.copyTo(purchasesList, forSend);
   URL.navigate('https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr', forSend, URLMethod.POST, URLTarget.BLANK);
   Application.instance.aSopingCart.clear();
   message = 'The purchases are waiting for the payment.'+newline+'The shopping cart is empty.';
   _application.gotoSpash();
  } else {
   message += 'You need to accept The Terms of Use to place an order. ' + newline;
  message += messageLine1;
  message += messageLine2;
  new AlertMessage('Info!', message);
public function onResize():Void {