Select From DropDown List

 

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A behaviour to display a list of items, automatically select a pre-deterimed item from the list and then display the selection in another field. This program runs automatically as it is used for a demonstration.

--Could change the enterFrame to be mouseEnter and include a mouseUp handler to allow the user to make the selection. --Drag onto the field sprite that will display the selection. pDisplayFld = the field in which the final selection is displayed. pListFld = the cast member containing the list of items to select from. pHilite = the line number of the selection. Ensures that the item is highlighted to  show the user which item has been selected. property  pDisplayFld, pListFld,pHiliteLine -- EnterFrame changes the dropdown list to reflect the required text. -- field "empty list" is the field that is used to display the list. -- the list of items is put into this field. on enterFrame me   put field ( the pListFld of me) into field "empty list"   -- wait so that the list is displayed for a short period before the   -- selection is highlighted   waitLst 30   hilite line pHiliteLine of field "empty list"   -- wait so that selection is displayed for a short period before the   -- selection is put into the dispaly field.   waitLst 60   put line pHiliteLine of field "empty list" into field (the pDisplayFld of me) END -- make sure that the fields are empty so that nothing is "left over" from a previous call. on beginSprite me   put " " into field "empty list"   put " " into field (the pDisplayFld of me) end -- waitLst just pauses the movie for the time howlong. ON waitLst howlong   startTimer   repeat while the timer < howlong     nothing   end repeat END waitLst on getPropertyDescriptionList   if the currentspritenum <> 0 then     -- these variables ensure that the appropriate fields are     -- displayed in the dialogue box. Ensures that you are "close" to the     -- required fields, which helps when you have a long list of fields to select from.     -- You can still select a different set of fields if required.     set myMemref = the member of sprite the currentspritenum     set myDisplayFld = the name of member myMemref     set myFstWord = word 1 of myDisplayFld     set myListFld =  member (myFstWord && "menu")          set p_list = [:]     addProp p_list,#pListFld,[ #comment:"Select field containing the list.",#format:#field, #default: myListFld ]     addprop p_list,#pDisplayFld,[ #comment:"Select field to display selection.", #format:#field, #default: myDisplayFld ]     addprop p_list,#pHiliteLine,[ #comment:"Enter the line number for the hilite.", #format:#integer, #default:2 ]     put p_list     return p_list   end if end on getBehaviorDescription   return ¬             "Select a list of items and the field to display the selection in." & RETURN & ¬             "PARAMETERS:" & RETURN & ¬             "• List field - Select the field containing a list of items to be selected from."& RETURN & ¬             "• Display field  - Select the field that will display the result of the selection from the list of items."&RETURN&¬             "• Line number - Enter the number of the line in the selection list to be hilited." end