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Reid,

I'm afraid I am almost as new at this as you are (and I, also, come from
Delphi).  But I think your guess about the layout manager is a good one.
Maybe you can just experiment with other managers and see if they change the
way your list is displayed.

James

"Reid" <reidr@buzybee.com> wrote in message
news:3A4CCC64.8050402@buzybee.com...
> Hello James,
>
> Thank you for responding to my post.
>
> You have solved half of the problem!
>
> The trailing semi colon was the reason the combo box was not being
> filled with it's values.
>
> I still have a problem in that when the drop down list containing the
> combo box's items are displayed, the list does not display in the
> correct position.  The list displays in an offsetted way to the right
> and down approx 100-200 pixels.  This is not the effect I am looking
> for.  I of course want the list to drop down underneath the control and
> remain the same size in width.
>
> If the applet is launched as a viewer (via F9) the drop down list
> remains directly under the control but extends out to the left and right
> of the applet's canvas and as a result it's width gets truncated.
>
> I am coming primarily from a Delphi background and have never seen this
> type of behavior. (unless of course you are using the TCombobox as an
> OwnerDraw type and are drawing the control's canvas incorrectly)
>
> Do you think it is related to the format of the underlying layout manager?
>
>
> Any more help would be greatly appreciated!
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Reid
>
> James A. Schulz wrote:
>
> > Just a guess, but do you really want the semicolon after "...index++)"
> >
> > James
> >
> > "Reid" <reidr@buzybee.com> wrote in message
> > news:3A4BAE85.6010902@buzybee.com...
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I am new to applets and am having a bit of a problem.
> >>
> >> I have the following code to populate a combo box box with strings..
> >>
> >> String [] appnames = { "Corel Clipart Locator", "Data Doctor", "Event
> >> Organizer", "HTML Developer Database",  "Image Thumbnail Viewer",
> >> "iTaxSystem", "Odyssey Warranty Tracker", "SFS Database" };
> >>
> >>  private void jbInit() throws Exception {
> >>  ...
> >>   fillAppNames();
> >>  }
> >>
> >>
> >> public void fillAppNames() {
> >>  int index;
> >>  for (index = 0; index<appnames.length; index++);
> >>   {
> >>    cbAppNames.addItem(appnames[index]);
> >>
> >>   }
> >>
> >>  }
> >>
> >> The code above compiles but when run it appears to fill the combo box
> >> with empty strings.
> >>
> >> When the box drops down it appears to have some volume but not the
array
> >> contents.  It also shows the drop down an inch or two down and to the
> >> right of the actual combo box control?
> >>
> >> Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?
> >>
> >>
> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >>
> >> Reid Roman
> >> BuzyBee Software
> >> http://www.buzybee.com
> >>
>