Dropdown List issue when selecting the same value

Hi Guys,

I have a dropdown list who's choices comes from the following SQL query:

SELECT OrderNo as [Order #],
Priority
FROM vwLots
WHERE RouteStepName = 'VA'
AND LotID NOT LIKE 'A%'
AND LotID NOT LIKE 'OT%'
ORDER BY Priority ASC, DueDate ASC

Where 'OrderNo' is a string and 'Priority' is an integer.

The 'Table Display Mode' property = 'Table' so the user can see a bunch of other information (with column headings) about what they are selecting.

If I do no further configuration the dropdown list comes through as I expect however when the user makes a selection, the dropdown list displays 'Priority'. I would like 'OrderNo' to be displayed instead.

I can achieve this by making the 'Selected Label' property bound the 'Selected String Value' property (is there a better way to do this?).

The issue I am having is if the user selects the same choice as what was there before, the dropdown list displays 'Priority' again with no error...

Furthermore, once a choice is made, I would like to populate some text fields on the window with 'OrderNo' using the following script on focusLost:

QueryString = ("""
SELECT OrderNo as [Order #],
Priority
FROM vwLots
WHERE RouteStepName = 'VA'
AND LotID NOT LIKE 'A%%'
AND LotID NOT LIKE 'OT%%'
AND OrderNo = '%s'
ORDER BY Priority ASC, DueDate ASC""" % event.source.selectedLabel)
QueryTable = system.db.runQuery(QueryString, "MES")

event.source.parent.getComponent('TP_ON').text = QueryTable[0][0]

This works fine except (again) when the user selects the same option as what was there before- this time I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "event:focusLost", line 13, in
IndexError: Row index 0 out of range.

at org.python.core.Py.IndexError(Py.java:250)
at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.builtin.DatasetUtilities$PyDataSet.getitem(DatasetUtilities.java:124)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor152.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.python.core.PyReflectedFunction.call(PyReflectedFunction.java:186)
at org.python.core.PyReflectedFunction.call(PyReflectedFunction.java:204)
at org.python.core.PyObject.call(PyObject.java:404)
at org.python.core.PyObject.call(PyObject.java:408)
at org.python.core.PyMethod.call(PyMethod.java:124)
at org.python.core.PyMethod.call(PyMethod.java:115)
at org.python.core.PyObjectDerived.getitem(PyObjectDerived.java:900)
at org.python.pycode._pyx141.f$0(event:focusLost:13)
at org.python.pycode._pyx141.call_function(event:focusLost)
at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(PyTableCode.java:165)
at org.python.core.PyCode.call(PyCode.java:18)
at org.python.core.Py.runCode(Py.java:1275)
at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.ScriptManager.runCode(ScriptManager.java:636)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.binding.action.ActionAdapter.runActions(ActionAdapter.java:180)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.binding.action.ActionAdapter.invoke(ActionAdapter.java:271)
at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.binding.action.RelayInvocationHandler.invoke(RelayInvocationHandler.java:57)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy21.focusLost(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.focusLost(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.processFocusEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager.redispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.typeAheadAssertions(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

Ignition v7.9.9 (b2018081621)
Java: Oracle Corporation 1.8.0_171

Another strange thing that is happening is that if my Ignition client is on my extended display, when I click the dropdown list, the selections ‘sometimes’ appear on my primary display… When this happens, no matter what is chosen, the dropdown table remains displayed and the label displays ‘Priority’…

No takers?
I found a different solution to my original post but my second post seems like a minor bug. If there is a need for any additional information, please ask!