title: Cannot set Kendo UI combobox selectedindex on creation
body: <p>I've created this combobox:</p>
  
  <pre><code> @(Html.Kendo().ComboBox()
              .Name("cropYear")
              .HtmlAttributes(new { style="width: 75px;"})
              .Placeholder("something")
              .DataTextField("Text")
              .DataValueField("Value")
              .BindTo(new List&lt;SelectListItem&gt;() {
                    new SelectListItem() {
                      Text = DateTime.Now.AddYears(1).Year.ToString(), Value = DateTime.Now.AddYears(1).Year.ToString()   
                    },
                    new SelectListItem() {
                      Text = DateTime.Now.Year.ToString(), Value = DateTime.Now.Year.ToString()   
                    },
                    new SelectListItem() {
                      Text = DateTime.Now.AddYears(-1).Year.ToString(), Value = DateTime.Now.AddYears(-1).Year.ToString()   
                    },
                    new SelectListItem() {
                      Text = DateTime.Now.AddYears(-2).Year.ToString(), Value = DateTime.Now.AddYears(-2).Year.ToString()   
                    },
                    new SelectListItem() {
                      Text = DateTime.Now.AddYears(-3).Year.ToString(), Value = DateTime.Now.AddYears(-3).Year.ToString()   
                    }
                })
                .SelectedIndex(2)
                .Suggest(true)
                .Events(
                  events =&gt; events.Change("cropYearChanged")
                )
              .Height(200))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Even though I've set the SelectedIndex to 2, it's always 0.  When I try to change it in script like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$("#cropYear").data("kendoComboBox").select(1)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get an error saying cannot call method 'select' of undefined</p>
  
  <p>If I fire the change event, then I can access the combobox.  What am I doing wrong??</p>