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From: "jon *" jon@clearink.com
To: ECS ecs@list.working-dogs.com
Subject: Re: Element
Date: Wed, Jul 7, 1999, 11:15 AM


> I am trying to create a Select( ) area and add some choices to it.  I am a
> little unclear on what determines something an element.  I believe it is an
> object with properties and methods, but I do not know how to create one with
> a name and a value that could be used in my select( ).

Select s = new Select().addElement ( new Option ( "Name", 1 ) );

That should create:

select
    <option value="1">Name
/select

Say that you want to create a bunch of option elements, just put things
into a loop:

Select s = new Select();
int MAX = 5;
for ( int i=1;i<=MAX;i++ )
{
    s.addElement ( new Option ( "Name " + i, i ) );
}

select
    <option value="1">Name 1
    <option value="2">Name 2
    <option value="3">Name 3
    <option value="4">Name 4
    <option value="5">Name 5
/select

I hope that helps,

-jon