Drop-down to Input text box

[charleuts]

I am trying to figure out the right way to go about this. I would like to use
a drop down box as a search component. When you drop down the list, you will
see the main categories:

Category 1
Category 2
Category 3

Upon selecting one of those, I would like to have the drop-down box
automatically change to an input text box the user will enter a search string
in. This string will query only within the initial category selected. I'll
have a 'Search Now' button, or the like to initiate the action. Does anyone
have any ideas for me? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Chuck Vollmer

[kglad]

are you looking for help creating a search engine?

[Jack.]

dropdown box - - use a listbox or combobox component,
use the component changeHandler to move the dropdown off stage eg _y=1000;
and using createTextField with type="input" make your input field,

my 2c's..........hth

[charleuts]

Actually, no. We know how we're going to go about querying our database, just
need to figure out the action to swap the comboBox component for an input text
field automatically after selecting the item (in the comboBox). Looks like a
good suggestion below that I'm going to try. If you have any other ideas, I'd
love to hear em'

Thanks,

Chuck

[charleuts]

Thanks Jack, sounds like a good idea. I'll give it a try.

Regards,

Chuck

[charleuts]

I tried this on the comboBox (mfSearch1_cb), but it's not seeing any change
event...so nothing is happening. Do I need to add a listener first? Or am I
just missing something silly?

on (change) {
my_mc.mfSearch1_cb._y=-3000;
my_mc.createTextField(mfSearchInput1, 1, 148, 65, 202, 20);
mfSearchInput1.type = "input";
}

Thanks,

Chuck

[Jack.]

i am still using MX, where a typical changeHandler is -

myCBox.setChangeHandler("handle");

function handle(component) {
theURL = component.getSelectedItem().data;
getURL("http://www."+theURL, "_blank");
sIndex = component.getSelectedIndex();
_root.gotoAndStop(sIndex+1);
};

[charleuts]

This is my listener, which is working (on actionscript layer of mc). Using
this as an example, how would you do the on(change) event for the CB to place
the clip off the stage?

myComboBoxListener = new Object();
myComboBoxListener.change = function(eventObj)
{
var eventSource = eventObj.target;
var theSelectedItem = eventSource.selectedItem;
var theSelectedItemLabel = theSelectedItem.label;
trace ( "You selected "+theSelectedItemLabel+".");
}

mfSearch1_cb.addEventListener ("change", myComboBoxListener);
mfSearch2_cb.addEventListener ("change", myComboBoxListener);
mfSearch3_cb.addEventListener ("change", myComboBoxListener);
mfSearch4_cb.addEventListener ("change", myComboBoxListener);
mfSearch5_cb.addEventListener ("change", myComboBoxListener);
mfSearch6_cb.addEventListener ("change", myComboBoxListener);

1000 Thanks,

Chuck

[Jack.]

i no longer have, nor find that i need MX2004, as i stated i am staying with MX,
so i cannot test this code, but at a guess, eventObj is returning the instance
name
of the selected component, so i'd try -

myComboBoxListener.change = function(eventObj){
eventObj._y = -3000;
my_mc.createTextField(mfSearchInput1, 1, 148, 65, 202, 20);
mfSearchInput1.type = "input";
};

hth ?

[charleuts]

Can't seem to get the change handler right. I'll keep pecking away at it. Thanks for your help!

Chuck