vfp-6 Combo filling with a stored value

[wetton]

I am using a combo based on a single element array to select a path to be used in the app.

I store the selected value in an ini file entry and write all used paths to a table.

The array is created from the table when the app opens

I want the combo to show the previously used path stored in the ini file.

The 3 situations in the ini file are

1 blank
2 drive letter and root
3 a full path

The third choice is the one I want to show if that is in the ini - or the first element of the array if situations 1 or 2 exist.

I have tried various ways of getting the value into the combo in the init method - I guess there is a better/more correct way.

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks

PW

 

[alvechurchdata]

I have tried various ways of getting the value

One common problem is that the combo can't display any value that's not in its RowSource if its Style is set to 2.

Can you give us some more details? Which ways have you tried and what goes wrong?

Geoff Franklin

http://www.alvechurchdata.co.uk

 

[wetton]

I have finished up with a workable solution - this code is in my mainform.init

myfirstentry = .t. or .f. from inifile

	
	IF myfirstentry = 'true'

		.cboselectpath.value = aListpaths[1] ( this will always be a valid path - previously inserted into array in  main.prg

		change myfirstentry to .f. in ini

	ELSE
	
		myelement  = from previous value - in ini file

		.cboselectpath.value = aListpaths[myelement]

	ENDIF

	mynewpath = .cboselectpath.value

	.cboselectpath.setfocus

Thanks Geoff