Listbox selecting/displaying/sending and loading multiples

[cfx]

I am having trouble selecting multiple in the FListbox. Here's what's going on.
I have a listbox of dynamically generated clothing sizes from a coldfusion template. So far so good.
I want to be able to select multiple sizes and put them in an array to send to back to coldfusion.
Here is my change handler:

lboSizes.setChangeHandler("setSizes");
function setSizes(){
sizeArray = new Array();
sizeArray.sizes = lboSizes.getSelectedItems();
selectedSizes = sizeArray.sizes;
}

This pretty much comes down to I don't know how to use the listbox to get multple values.

Can anyone help?

[CyanBlue]

Howdy and Welcome aboard...

Create an instance of list box on the stage with the instance name of 'lboSizes', and put the following code to the frame...

lboData = new Array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13);
lboSizes.setDataProvider(lboData);
lboSizes.setSelectMultiple(true);
lboSizes.setChangeHandler("setSizes");
function setSizes(component)
{
    sizeArray = component.getSelectedItems();
    sizeArray.sortOn("label");
    for (i = 0 ; i < sizeArray.length ; i++)
        trace("Item " + (i + 1) + " =  " + sizeArray[i].label);
}

I think this can get you started...

Check out the methods in the specific component in the Flash manual for more information...

[CyanBlue]

Arg... Dumb, dumb, dumb... I am...

[cfx]

First of all, thanks CyanBlue for helping me out so fast. Someone once told me there is no such thing as too much information. Please forgive the length of this. Here's what's going on.

Where I am at:
I can get the selected sizes to appear in the output window fine but I would like to be able to display them in a dynamic text box and store them in a Load Vars object as well.

What I have tried:
When I specify the array (outside of the loop) Object.Object is displayed in the dynamic textbox. Objext.Object will react to the amount of sizes selected in the listBox. When I put the array in the loop and specify an index and label, the textBox will only display the last clicked selected item. I have tried several array methods including join(), and toString() to no avail.

Code:
//Separate the loadVars object
lboLabels = sizeObj.size.split(",");
lboData = sizeObj.sizeID.split(",");

//populate the listbox

for (i=0; i < lboLabels.length; i++){
lboSizes.addItem(lboLabels[i], lboData[i]);
}
lboSizes.setSelectMultiple(true);

//set a change handlesr for the listbox
lboSizes.setChangeHandler("setSizes");
function setSizes(component){

//create array to hold selected items
sizeArray = new Array();

//populate array with selected items
sizeArray = component.getSelectedItems();


for (i=0; i < sizeArray.length;i++){
sizeArray.sortOn(data);
trace("item ="+ sizeArray[i].label.toString());
item = sizeArray[i].label.toString();
}
}

stop();


Extraneous Info:
A little more background on this application. When a user selects the sizes they will be put into a Load Vars object called newItemObj.sizes. There are other movies in this app where a user specifies a model or pricing. All the variables are kept in the Load Vars object until the user is satisfied and clicks a finish button which sends the Load Vars to a CF template and inserts them into my database.

I tried to include a zipped .fla file but it was too big. Sorry about that.

[cfx]

Easier to read prehaps.

//Separate the loadVars object 
lboLabels = sizeObj.size.split(","); 
lboData = sizeObj.sizeID.split(","); 

//populate the listbox 

for (i=0; i < lboLabels.length; i++){ 
lboSizes.addItem(lboLabels[i], lboData[i]); 
} 
lboSizes.setSelectMultiple(true); 

//set a change handlesr for the listbox 
lboSizes.setChangeHandler("setSizes"); 
function setSizes(component){ 

//create array to hold selected items 
sizeArray = new Array(); 

//populate array with selected items 
sizeArray = component.getSelectedItems(); 


for (i=0; i < sizeArray.length;i++){ 
sizeArray.sortOn(data); 
trace("item ="+ sizeArray[i].label.toString()); 
item = sizeArray[i].label.toString(); 
} 
} 

stop();

[CyanBlue]

Well... I just happened to be browsing the forum at the time you were posting the question... Oh... I think this question belongs to 'Flash MX' forum rather than 'Components'...

sizeArray = new Array();

You have this one specified within your function... What it does is to renew the array to blank when the function gets executed... That's why you are getting the last item... I think just commenting this line out will solve your problem... Maybe there are somethings I might have missed from your post since I have bad headache... See if that one solves the problem first...

Try that and let me know...

If the file is too big to put into the forum, you can upload the file into your server, or free sites such as Geocities, and give us the url for it...