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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>Walter,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>I can't speak for Smitha, but I think
the concept of "combo box" may differ depending upon the development
environment. For instance, I'm assuming you're right about how VB looks at it,
but in ToolBook (a not-wildly-dissimilar development tool), a combo box can be
editable (like what you're talking about in VB) or non-editable, and when
non-editable, the combo box really is just like the SELECT element in HTML. I
know what you mean, though, about the terminology - when I first noticed SELECT
elements in Web pages, I thought "oh, cool, combo boxes", based upon my
experience with ToolBook, although I quickly picked up on the different
nomenclature. I always just thought of SELECT elements as being
non-(user)editable combo boxes. BTW, Revolution (a Windows/Mac/Unix RAD
tool that can produce executables for all three platforms from one
source project on any of those platforms) has combo boxes that are just like the
ones in ToolBook, i.e., the non-(user)editable ones act like SELECT
elements.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=walter@torres.ws href="mailto:walter@torres.ws">Walter Torres</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=javascript@LaTech.edu
href="mailto:javascript@LaTech.edu">[JavaScript List]</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 25, 2003 1:25
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Javascript] in response to
"add a new entry in a drop down menu"</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000><SPAN class=722120805-25062003>Not to be too picky,
but a SELECT Element in HTML is *not* a combo-box.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
class=722120805-25062003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><SPAN class=722120805-25062003>A "combo-box" is a VB
Object that lists you, the user-not the developer, create a new item to a pick
list by keying the info right a the pick list.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
class=722120805-25062003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><SPAN class=722120805-25062003>An HTML SELECT Element
does not have that "feature" (Boy! I wish it did!)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
class=722120805-25062003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><SPAN class=722120805-25062003>So, your example is
nice "one liner", it does not make the SELECT a combo box.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
class=722120805-25062003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><SPAN class=722120805-25062003>You really had me
excited when I was reading this thread about "dynamically adding an item in a
combo-box".</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
class=722120805-25062003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><SPAN class=722120805-25062003>I was eager to see the
solution.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
class=722120805-25062003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><SPAN class=722120805-25062003>But
alas...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
class=722120805-25062003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><SPAN class=722120805-25062003>Anyway, as I said,
nice "one-liner"</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
class=722120805-25062003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><SPAN class=722120805-25062003>jsWalter <EM>[still
eagerly wishing for a true combo-box]</EM></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
class=722120805-25062003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=722120805-25062003>So,</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
javascript-bounces@LaTech.edu [mailto:javascript-bounces@LaTech.edu]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Smitha Ramaswamy<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 25, 2003
12:00 AM<BR><B>To:</B> [JavaScript List]<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Javascript]
in response to "add a new entry in a drop down menu"<BR><B>Importance:</B>
High<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><SPAN class=320535504-25062003><FONT
color=#000000>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=320535504-25062003><FONT
color=#000000></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=320535504-25062003><FONT color=#000000>I have attached a
very simple html with JS code that will enable you to add a new element to
the combo box.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=320535504-25062003><FONT color=#000000>I hope this is of
some help to you.Do get back to me in case of any
queries.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=320535504-25062003><FONT
color=#000000></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=320535504-25062003><FONT color=#000000><BODY
BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"><BR><FORM><BR><SELECT
NAME="test"><BR><option value="1">one</option><BR><option
value="2">two</option><BR></SELECT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=320535504-25062003><FONT color=#000000><SCRIPT
LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><BR> document.forms[0].test.options[document.forms[0].test.options.length]
= new Option('three','3')<BR></SCRIPT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=320535504-25062003><FONT
color=#000000>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=320535504-25062003><FONT
color=#000000>Smitha</FONT></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE>
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