accessing node value rather than attribute

[twoei22]

Hello Guys,

I have some XML that looks like this:

<search>
<arrivals>
<option value="ADL">Adelaide</option>
</arrivals>
</search>

When i use it with a comboBox as so:

<mx:ComboBox id="arrivalCityCombo" dataProvider="{searchXML.arrivals.option}"/>

I get the reverse of what I want as in - the display of the drop down is ADL
and whan I try to get the value by doing:

<mx:Model id="newModel"> <airport>{arrivalCityCombo.selectedItem}</airport>

I get Adelaide.??

Anyway to access the value rather than the content.

I know that scemantically it makes more sense to have the value in the node
but just wanted to know..

Thanks

[ntsiii]

Use a labelFunction:

<mx:ComboBox ... labelFunction="lblFnArrival" ...

private function lblFnArrival(oItem:Object):String{
return oItem.nodeValue;
}

[ntsiii]

You might have to get the text node of the item:
return oItem.firstChild.nodeValue;