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Question  posted by GB on Jul 16, 2009 23:02
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Can you "reload' the combo box

I use the (autocompletion) drop down combo box using an xml file to hold the data. When the user cannot find his selection in the list, I have a popup box to add a record to the database, then create a new xml file. Works fine if you reload the entire page but this causes the user to go back and re-enter the data from ALL the form fields.

Is there any way to create a link that says "Reload" and reload the new xml data as if the page is reloaded?
Answer posted by Alex (support) on Jul 17, 2009 02:05

You can use the following approach to call request to the server with the necessary mask ( the new text):

combo.setComboText(text);

combo.filterSelf();

But this method should be called only after new value is saved in the database (if you use ajax to save new data, after the response is got).