Master - Slave with XML Combo

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#1

How to set-up a Master - Slaves XML combos.



In a combo i select a value. This value includes many subvalues that i want to choose one of them in a second combo.



Classic example: choosing a city that is a subvalue of a state choice.



I was thinking about making many xml, how many are the states, and one big xml with all states.



But how can load the right xml in second combo when i choose the state?



Another way to do that?



Please a bit of a pratical example.

#2

You can use onChange combo

combo.attachEvent(“onChange”,function(){
    combo2.loadXML(combo.getComboText()+".xml");
});


Also, latest version of combo allows automatic grouping.
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#3

Sorry but I don’t understand what are you meaning…

Follow my example please:

First combo:

   


   

The second combo need to be a slave of the first, so you suggest this:

combo.attachEvent(“onChange”,function(){
    combo2.loadXML(combo.getComboText()+".xml");
});

So how i can do this?

   


   

   

   


I’m not a very practical boy whit this code… Please help me…

Next, I suppose that I can’t use automatic grouping, because every xml was preuploaded, and not dinamically generated by a server side code.
#4

We have used combo and combo1 as an example.

If the master combo is z1 and the slave one is z2, the code should be as follows:






You can reload z2 with any xml. In our example xml name is the same with option text  in the master combo.

#5

Thank you so much support, that code works great and perfectly.

Also good explanation code.