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        print "loadlistTables()"        # the  listables is the Glade class GtkComboBoxEntry        self.listTablesObj = self.wTree.get_widget('listTables')        # next line prints <gtk.ComboBoxEntry object (GtkComboBoxEntry)...etc        print self.listTablesObj                slist = [ "String 1", "String 2", "String 3", "String 4" ]        # this next line gives the error        # AttributeError: 'gtk.ComboBoxEntry' object has no attribute 'set_popdown_strings        self.listTablesObj.set_popdown_strings(slist)