Help!!!!!!!!!!

[Subway]

I'm working on my WYSIWYG editor and have a big proplem with the comboBox component. Hope someone can help me out.

This is the code for my textfield creating function:

// Creating textfield
function createNewTextField(level, line, x, y, width, height, text, fontName, fontSize, bold, italic, align){
	createTextField("mytext" + line, level, x, y, width, height);
	fontArray[line-1] = fontName;
	boldArray[line-1] = bold;
	italicArray[line-1] = italic;
	alignArray[line-1] = align;
	this["mytext" + line].multiline = false;
	this["mytext" + line].wordWrap = false;
	this["mytext" + line].border = true;
	this["mytext" + line].html = false;
	this["mytext" + line].type = "input";
	this["mytext" + line].selectable = true;	
	this["mytext" + line].text = thetext;
	this["mytext" + line].borderColor = 0x6699cc;
	this["mytext" + line].text = text;
	fontList.setEnabled(true);
	fontList.setSelectedIndex(fontPos(fontName));
	fontSize.setEnabled(true);	
	fontSize.setSelectedIndex(fontSizePos(fontSize));
	createNewFormat(line, fontName, bold, italic, align);
	this["mytext" + line].setTextFormat(this["fieldTextFormat" + line]);
	// set onChanged handler for actual textfield
	this["mytext" + line].onChanged = function() {
		this["mytext" + line].setTextFormat(this["fieldTextFormat" + line]);
		//trace("max: " + _root["mytext" + line].maxhscroll + " hscroll: " + _root["mytext" + line].hscroll + " Line: " + line);
		if (_root["mytext" + line].hscroll > 0){
			createNewLine();
		}
	}
}

The problem are this lines:

	fontList.setEnabled(true);
	fontList.setSelectedIndex(fontPos(fontName));
	fontSize.setEnabled(true);	
	fontSize.setSelectedIndex(fontSizePos(fontSize));

Basicaly I wanna set the selection position of the font and fontSize list to the font and fontSize of the new textfield.

The funny thing is that the code works on a button, but not in the function. I can check with getEnabled if the component is enabled - no problem, but I can't set the selection position. The "fontPos function works fine, so this is not the problem. The problem is the "setSelectedIndex"

My thirst idea was, that the component was not ready at the time the function runs (1. frame) But then, the "getEnabled" would never give a "true" back.

Any ideas?

Fredi

[NetSpyder101]

Subway --

Not to sound like a maroon, but would you e-mail me the .fla file so I can see exactly what you are talking about?

Just by looking at the code snippet everything appears to be correct (AS wise), so if you could send over the .fla with a description of the exact problem and when it occurs I can see if I can help you track it down.

Spyder

[Subway]

Thx, I just found a way to do it. It was really a timing problem. I placed the setEnabled part to frame 2 and it worked.

Seams like this part of the comboBox component needs some time (1 frame) bevor you can set the selection position.

Fredi

[NetSpyder101]

yeah a comboBox element must exist before before it can be called. Normal wait time is 1 frame, but sometimes using embeded functions and passing the object to the second function after creating it will work without requiring the wait time.

Spyder

[Subway]

Yeah, this works on the first frame:

// Set fontList dataprovider and handler
fontList.setDataProvider(myfonts);

[Subway]

Btw, Flash MX crashed the first time for me, during this one - three times in a row.

Fredi