Flash ph mysql combo box

Question

hey. need some help please. ive managed to get info from a
mysql database into flash in a combo box. i have a text field and i
want it to load in the corresponding data when a new title is
selected in the combo box.
any body help please?
Matt

Answer 1

You use the
ComboBox.change
event to respond to the choice. There is a good example at the
link in the last sentence.
As far as what you do in the change handler depends on your
data:
1. You can download all that data when you download the items
for the combo box. You can store the values related to the item in
the combobox in the data parameter. See
ComboBox.additem.
For example: comboBoxInstance.addItem({label:label[, data:data]}).
Then using
ComboBox.selectedItem
you can get the data and populate other items in the change event
handler.
2. You only have key values stored as data in the combobox
item. Then in the change handler you go to the server and fetch the
data selected and then populate the other objects.
The first way is preferable if the amount of data is
reasonable because it requires downloading all the needed data for
all the items all at one time. The second way is necessary if the
data is excessive to be downloaded all at once.