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From: jkight@sinai.umd.edu (Jeff Kight)
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Subject: Accessing/updating PopUpLists
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Date: 22 Jan 91 18:39:44 GMT
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I think I may be too involved in this problem to see the solution...

I am programming under 2.0 with the Interface Builder. I add a PopUpList
which is a combination button/popuplist.

The technical docs say: Accessing the PopUpList's Button is useful if you
want to change the title displayed for the list.  To access the Button from
your code, give it a tag in the Interface Builder's Inspector.  Send a
setTitle: message to the Button to change the title string it displays.  If
the title you send isn't represented in the PopUpList, it's added at the top
of the list the next time the user manipulates the Button.

When I repeatedly add titles to the button, it only "adds" the last one, as
it should by the above definition. If I setTitle then click the button (pop
up the list) and then perform another setTitle, the different titles are
added.

So, I tried performClick's after setTitle's...no go.

I try to send PopUpList methods to the button: method not defined.

I try to form a connection to the PopUpList: can't find a way.

If anyone would have an idea/solution, I would much appreciate it.

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