title: Populating a dropdown list in Flash Builder
body: <p>I'm currently using the following code in Flash Builder to return a list of variables from an XML file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[Bindable] private var I_Authors:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection (); 
  
              private function init():void {
                  var param:Object = new Object();
                  param.action = "getAuthorXML";
                  authorService.send(param);
              }
  
  protected function authorService_resultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void
              {
                  I_Authors = event.result.authors.author;
              }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My problem is making use of this data in a dropdown list. </p>
  
  <p>I have no trouble putting it into a data grid using <code>dataProvider="{I_Authors}"</code> and <code>dataField="ID"</code> etc., but all the attempts I've made to put a specific field (ID) into a dropdown list have resulted in "object Object". </p>
  
  <p>I'm just starting out with flash builder so its probably a basic question but all of the tutorials I've followed on Adobe's website don't seem to be any help. </p>
  
  <p>Would appreciate any advice.</p>