::UpdateCurrentSelection

This command sets the currently selected entry in an mdlComboBoxDM widget from the value of its associated data member in the model.

Syntax

::model::mdlComboBoxDM:UpdateCurrentSelection path

Application

MotionView Tcl GUI

Description

This command sets the currently selected entry in an mdlComboBoxDM widget from the value of its associated data member in the model.

Inputs

path: The full path to the mdlComboBoxDM of interest. This argument is the return value of the ::model::mdlComboBoxDM procedure used to create an mdlComboBoxDM.

Example

To set the current selection of an mdlComboBoxDM widget from its data member:

::model::GetClientHandle clnt
clnt GetModelHandle mdl
clnt ReleaseHandle
mdl InterpretEntity entMot Motion mot_0 "\"Motion 0\""
mdl ReleaseHandle

set dlg [toplevel .dlg]
set frm [frame $dlg.frm -padx 10 -pady 10]
grid $frm -row 0 -column 0 -sticky nesw

set data { "DISP" "Displacement" "VEL" "Velocity" "ACCL" "Acceleration" }
set motion [::model::mdlComboBoxDM .dlg.frm.motion entMot "itype" $data -label "Type:"]
grid $motion -row 0 -column 0

::model::mdlComboBoxDM::UpdateCurrentSelection $motion

entMot ReleaseHandle

Errors

None.