jcombo help!

Just wondering whether it is possible to implement multiple column jcombo boxes - and only display the second column.

Wondering why you would want to use a single combo box if your only wanting to display one column.

-PD

Since java is more object oriented than vb, you should encapsulate your problem in a class. the class can contain an id and a displaystring.
the toString() method is by default used to display the text in the control, so you just return the name in the tostring method. with getSelectedItem you can get the whole object from the control, that was selected. then you can cast it to your class and access the id.
eg.:
public class Product{
private String name;
private long id;

public Product(long id, String name){
this.id = id;
this.name = name;
}

public String toString(){
return name;
}
}

in the actionlistener for changes on a jcombobox you can do:

Product x = (Product) combobox.getSelectedItem();
// do sth with selected object

Evian,

Did you use JMappedComboBox in order to achieve what you wanted to do?.
If you could post your solution how to do that, it will be much appreciated. TIA. :WAVE:

of course, the code i supplied was not complete:

public class Product{
private String name;
private long id;

public Product(long id, String name){
this.id = id;
this.name = name;
}

// to retrieve id of selected item
public int getId(){
return id;
}

// to enshure two equal ids are accepted as to equal objects,
// from java.Object
// this will help to store the objects in a collection and find them
// again using contains() and delte() methods
public boolean equals(Object o){
if (o instanceof Product){
return ((Product)o).getId()==getId();
}
else return false;
}


public String toString(){
return name;
}
}

so you can do the following in your actionlistener:
Product x = (Product) combobox.getSelectedItem();
int productId = x.getId();
// do something with your id

Nope, did not use the JMappedComboBox.

Used my own method...basically it retrives the unique id -given the value selected by the user from the combo (note:value is also unique in the table) and the function name (the function used to populate the combo).

Soz for the late reply - hardly come on to the forums...but hope that made sense...in a rush to get out of the office now...