private void createComboCountries()
{
combo_countries = ComboBox.NewText ();
countries = new String[1];
//record countries with id:english name:translatedName
countries [0] = Constants.CountryUndefinedID + ":" + Constants.CountryUndefined + ":" + Catalog.GetString(Constants.CountryUndefined);
string [] myCountries = new String[1];
myCountries [0] = Catalog.GetString(Constants.CountryUndefined);
UtilGtk.ComboUpdate(combo_countries, myCountries, "");
combo_countries.Active = UtilGtk.ComboMakeActive(myCountries,
Catalog.GetString(Constants.CountryUndefined));
combo_countries.Changed += new EventHandler (on_combo_other_changed);
UtilGtk.ComboPackShowAndSensitive(hbox_combo_countries, combo_countries);
}