To populate drop down in a table..

Question

Hi,
In my Application i have a table populated from an EJB bean through a class[]....
Node:GroupNode
Attributes:user , name, location.
User attribute is the dropdown field in table..
below values are to be  poupulated in the dropdown of the table from the string array.
String[] ca  = { "user1","user2","user3"}
I am populating the table from my class...but i am not able to populate the dropdownbox...
Below is the code i used to populate the table:
UserDTO[] cat = wdContext.currentBeanElement.modelobject.Objuser();
for(int i-0;i<cat.length;i++)
IPrivateUserView.IGroupNodeElement e =  wdContext.createGroupNodeElement();
e.setUser(cat<i>.getUser());
e.setName(cat<i>.getNmae());
wdContext.nodeGroupNode.addElement(e);
When I use Textview element in the table UI , the values are populating..
But I need the User column in DropDown...So when i change the UI element to Drop Down Box in User column in Table,the User Column in the table is alone empty..
How can I populate the values in dropdownbox with  String[] ca  = { "user1","user2","user3"} ...
And I am usin DropDownByIndex UI element...
Thanx in advance...
Arjun.G
Edited by: arjun swamy on Jan 22, 2008 7:22 AM

Answer 1

Hi 
To populate a dropdown by key inside a table, you should do it this way:
//YOURNODENAME card: 1..n selection: 1..n    ,  attribute within node,
// it could be card: 0..n y  sel: 0..1, depend on your liking/mandatory
//condition.
IModifiableSimpleValueSet ValueSet= wdContext.getNodeInfo().
     getChild("YOURNODENAME").getAttribute("ATTRIBUTENAME").
     getModifiableSimpleType().getSVServices().
     getModifiableSimpleValueSet();
//Fill dropdownbykey with data
ValueSet.put("user1","user1");
ValueSet.put("user2","user2");
ValueSet.put("user3","user3");
ValueSet.put("user4","user4"); //... etc.. fill to fit your needs
//Fill table with independant copies, that means choosing one doesnt modify the others
for (int i = 0; i<5 ; i++)
  wdContext.nodeYOURNODENAME().addElement(wdContext.nodeYOURNODENAME().createElement());
Regards
Julio Herrera