Retrieve Value From DropDownListBox

[FontanaS]

I have a dropdownlistbox (ddlb_neworg) in a datawindow.
When the user selects a choice and/or types in a choice, how do I retrieve that value?

I keep reading that when the dropdownlistbox loses focus, the value is lost.

I have selecteditem and text functions in the selectionchanged event, but they do not work (look below)

org_value = ddlb_neworg.Text(0)
org_value = ddlb_neworg.SelectedText()

The other problem with the text is that I do not know what index number the user selected so I can't use that one.

THANKS!

 

[Guest_imported]

In the itemchanged() event of your DW:
('pers_gender' is the name of the column whose
value we wish to check)

If string(dwo.Name) = "pers_gender" Then
messagebox("Data",String(data))
End If

 

[wsmall73]

If it is in the actual datawindow .. GetItemString() or GetItemNumber() etc based on the type of column in the datawindow.