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Question  posted by Matthew on Mar 20, 2009 06:54
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setting the initial selected value and text of a combo in a grid via xml

Hi - I think this is a pretty basic question but I am initializing a grid via xml and cannot find a way of setting the value and text for a combo in the grid.

Is this possible?
Answer posted by Alex (support) on Mar 20, 2009 07:56

Hello, 

In case of xml initialization, the value inside <cell> tag is the value of default option - and the corresponding option text will be shown in grid:

<cell>1</cell>

But if you use dynamic combo ("auto" attribute), the cell value has the following format: option_value^option_text

for example:

<cell>1^one</cell>

Answer posted by Matthew on Mar 20, 2009 09:06

Thank you for this - I can get it to work now but if I use a more complex URL it doesn't work - can you tell me what is wrong with code below please? 

 

<cell xmlcontent="1" source="../mnaQ2XDeBayService.cfc?method=fncQryEbayServices&varWeight=1&varVolume=12220&varDestination=UK" filter="true">DDL234</cell>

Answer posted by Alex (support) on Mar 20, 2009 09:24

& should be encoded. In the other case xml will be incorrect:

<cell xmlcontent="1" source="../mnaQ2XDeBayService.cfc?method=fncQryEbayServices&amp;varWeight=1&amp;varVolume=12220&amp;varDestination=UK" filter="true">DDL234</cell>