Dynamically populating a combo box in Forms

I am having a hard time figuring out how to dynamically populate a combo box at run time. Could someone give me any ideas?
thanks, Robin

Use the built-in Populate_list. Read help on that and you'll know how to set it up.

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Hello,
I am having problems pre-populating a combo box from a process.
This combo box field exists in the OIM User Form and in another process form.
Both combo box fields are populated from the same Lookup Definition: Lookup.Jazztel.TipoDeDocumento which looks like this:
Code Key Decode
1      DNI (NIF)
2     Pasaporte
4     Visado
6     Nº Identificación de Extranjero
9     C.I.F.
I've tried these methods to pre-populate the combo box:
* Using an adapter with a SET VARIABLE Logic Task (this adapter returns the code key that is selected in the OIM User form).
* Using an adapter that returns the decode field from the code key and pass it to the Process combo box.
In these cases, the process form combo box is not pre-populated correctly. It always shows C.I.F.
I tried modifying the combo box in the following way:
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DNI (NIF)      DNI (NIF)
Pasaporte      Pasaporte
Visado     Visado
Nº Identificación de Extranjero Nº Identificación de Extranjero
C.I.F. C.I.F.
and it get pre-populated correctly.
I need the code keys to be numbers. Does anyone know how can a combo like this be pre-populated?
Moreover and curiously, the process form combo box appears ordered alphabetically (according to the decode fields):
Code Key Decode
9     C.I.F.
1      DNI (NIF)
6     Nº Identificación de Extranjero
2     Pasaporte
4     Visado
and the OIM User Form Combo box, appears ordered numerically (according to the code key numerical order):
Code Key Decode
1      DNI (NIF)
2     Pasaporte
4     Visado
6     Nº Identificación de Extranjero
9     C.I.F.
Does anyone know why?
Thank you very much

Try prepopulate combobox by lookup code.
But it must displayed as decode.

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Problem in populating 2nd combo box depending upon the selection of 1st

Hi all,
I have 2 combo boxes on my jsp page ,say continent and country . obviously the data in 2nd box is dependant on selection made in the 1st . I'm using MySQL with tomcat 5.0.7 . and JSP.
The first combo box in one form and the 2nd in another. After submitting first i 'm populating the second combo also.
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Hi Reegz,
that's what i'm also doing and i'm successfull till populating the second combo box but how do I keep the previous inputs on the page and reload the page based on the change of a selection box?
Is their any mistake in the javascript code:
Here is the code:
function callCapture(form)
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Have you had a chance to add an example? I checked your application and could not find the combo box in tabular form.
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do clear it.
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bu[ ]
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I am sure I am missing something simple but I can’t find it.
I would greatly appreciate any pointers I could get.
Thanks,
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I actually tried that with the same results. It seems to me that the issue is that
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Thanks,
Eagle

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A particular scheme in the database has a multiple-word name with double spaces between the two words, or rather between the last of the two words and the brackets.
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Think if the display is not right it will not affect you from extracting the value.
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