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how do you set the text(chosen) to be the first item in your datawindow for a drop
down datawindow?  In other words, when a window initially opens, the test line of
the DDDW is blank.  How can I populate it with the first row of my DW portion?  Any
help will be appreciated.  Thanks

Quote:> how do you set the text(chosen) to be the first item in your datawindow
for a drop
> down datawindow?  In other words, when a window initially opens, the
test line of
> the DDDW is blank.  How can I populate it with the first row of my DW

portion?  

It shouldnt be, it should automatically select the first row, if you
retrieve() the host datawindow the dw is placed within.

If however there is something in your code that leaves the first row
empty, there is an 'ugly' (in the sence that it looks ugly on the screen,
because the focus rectangle and the contens of the dddw flops around while
doing it) way to explicit select a row and make it active:

1)

Get the item you want and set it as the current row

DatawindowChild dwc

hostdw.GetChild("colname",dwc)
item = dwc.GetItemString(row,"colname") // Picks out the item, row = 1 in your
                                            case
dwc.SetRow(row) // sets the row to be active, this should be unneccesary
since you want he first row, and the  first row should be active after
retrieve()

Now that the row is set to active, is not the same as that its item
appears in the dddw field, so you have to :

hostdw.SetColumn("Colname") // Tell the dw which column you are to place text in
hostdw.SetText(Item)        // Place the text in the column

Note that you have to make sure that the row also is chosen to be active,
in addition to put the text in the textline. Since there is no explicit
connection when you do things this way, you could fool the user if there
is difference between the current row and the textline.

Hope it helps

brase

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Terje Brasethvik
Norwegian Institute of Technology
Trondheim
NORWAY