From: Karam Singh Badesha <Karam.Badesha_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:42:49 -0800

Hi,
Here is the scenario:
In my page, I get the values for my dropdowns using the beforeCreate:

<!beforeCreate
getReleases(lavaReleases=>$attribute{lavaReleasesList});
getBuilds(lavaBuilds=>$attribute{lavaBuildsList});
getProjects(lavaProjects=>$attribute{lavaProjectsList});
/>

Now at some where on the page I show these dropdowns and I have the
following to fill the dropDowns:

<sun:dropDown id="lavaReleaseMenu"
                          toolTip="#{msgs.chooseLavaRelease}"
                          labels="$attribute{lavaReleasesList}"
            />

Now I would like to show the selected items in those dropDowns at
another part of the page. How would I get the selected value at render
time so that I can also show it at the later point on the same page? I
vaguely remember that in javascript you could get it by doing something
like form1.lavaReleaseMenu. How can I take care of this situation?

thanks
Karam