Glide List, Dropdown.Options causes an exception

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I am trying to implement a Dropdown (i.e. ComboBox) in Glide, but instead of supplying an XML file, I am handcrafting the objects on the page.

I am getting an exception when I pass try and instantiate the ‘list’

Hardcoded way of adding dropdown list items…


<Glide Version="x.x.x">
  <Window Name="window" Width="320" Height="240" BackColor="dce3e7">
    <Dropdown Name="dropdown" X="100" Y="104" Width="120" Height="32" Alpha="255" Text="Select:" Font="4" FontColor="000000">
      <Option Value="Data0">Label0</Option>
      <Option Value="Data1">Label1</Option>
      <Option Value="Data2">Label2</Option>
      <Option Value="Data3">Label3</Option>
      <Option Value="Data4">Label4</Option>
      <Option Value="Data5">Label5</Option>
      <Option Value="Data6">Label6</Option>
      <Option Value="Data7">Label7</Option>
      <Option Value="Data8">Label8</Option>
      <Option Value="Data9">Label9</Option>
    </Dropdown>
  </Window>
</Glide>

GHI Library example code using XML


using System.Threading;

using Microsoft.SPOT;

using GHIElectronics.NETMF.Glide;
using GHIElectronics.NETMF.Glide.Display;
using GHIElectronics.NETMF.Glide.UI;

namespace Test
{
    public class Program
    {
        // This will hold the main window.
        static Window window;

        // This will hold our dropdown's list.
        static List list = null;

        public static void Main()
        {
            // Load the window
            window = GlideLoader.LoadWindow(Resources.GetString(Resources.StringResources.Window));

            // Activate touch
            GlideTouch.Initialize();

            // Initialize the window.
            InitWin();

            // Assigning a window to MainWindow flushes it to the screen.
            // This also starts event handling on the window.
            Glide.MainWindow = window;

            Thread.Sleep(-1);
        }

        static void InitWin()
        {
            // Get the Dropdown
            Dropdown dropdown = (Dropdown)window.GetChildByName("dropdown");
            dropdown.TapEvent += new OnTap(dropdown_TapEvent);
            dropdown.ValueChangedEvent += new OnValueChanged(dropdown_ValueChangedEvent);

            // Create the list that the Dropdown uses...
            list = new List(dropdown.Options, 150);
            list.CloseEvent += new OnClose(list_CloseEvent);
        }

        // When the Dropdown is tapped it will open it's list.
        static void dropdown_TapEvent(object sender)
        {
            Glide.OpenList(sender, list);
        }

        // This shows when the Dropdown's value changes.
        static void dropdown_ValueChangedEvent(object sender)
        {
            Dropdown dropdown = (Dropdown)sender;
            Debug.Print("Dropdown value: " + dropdown.Text + " : " + dropdown.Value.ToString());
        }

        static void list_CloseEvent(object sender)
        {
            Glide.CloseList();
        }
    }
}

My handcrafted variant on the above example - that is generating an exception


ListOptions mListOptions;
Dropdown mDropdown;
.....
            int x = 10;
            int w = 250; //must be > 100 and lesst than LCD width
            int h = 30;
            int y =  10;

            mListOptions = new ArrayList();

            mDropdown = new Dropdown("dropdown_list",255, x, y, w, h);
            for (int k = 0; k < 5; k++)
            {
                    ListItem a = new ListItem("Label"+k.ToString(), "myVal"+k.ToString());
                    mDropdown.Options.Add(a);
            }
            mDropdown.TapEvent += new OnTap(Dropdown_TapEvent);
            mDropdown.ValueChangedEvent += new OnValueChanged(Dropdown_ValueChangedEvent);
            mDropdown.Text = "Select...";
            mList = new List(mDropdown.Options, 150);    // <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<Exception Here
            mList.CloseEvent += new OnClose(List_CloseEvent);

My Exception is:
An unhandled exception of type ‘System.InvalidCastException’ occurred in GHIElectronics.NETMF.Glide.dll

The mDropdown.Options is populated with 5 items and teh label and value are alos populated.

Any ideas?

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In Addition:

BTW I can get the XML version working,

BUT l can only see/access 7 of the 10 items on the LCD screen, and there is no scroll enabled to access the other items? How would I also solve access to data 7 - Data9?

I have also tries to switch Label0 with Data0, in my hand crafted example with no change .

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That is also my problem now Earthed. Have you solve it? if yes, how?
Thank you.

4

Try placing your finger on the list and dragging the items up and down like you would a phone.

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i had the same issue. i decided to look into the source code of glide, and found that it takes a 2 object array to enter objects (also found on the examples page for glide.

this:

ListItem a = new ListItem("Label"+k.ToString(), "myVal"+k.ToString());
 mDropdown.Options.Add(a);

should be:

 object[] a = new object[] {"Label" + k.ToString(), "myVal" + k.ToString()};
mDropdown.Options.Add(a);