Comments on: Setting a DataGrid control’s data provider to an XML object in Flex http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/11/05/setting-a-datagrid-controls-data-provider-to-an-xml-object-in-flex/ Just a bunch of Adobe Flex Examples Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: Boaz http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/11/05/setting-a-datagrid-controls-data-provider-to-an-xml-object-in-flex/comment-page-1/#comment-3991 Boaz Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:59:04 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/11/05/setting-a-datagrid-controls-data-provider-to-an-xml-object-in-flex/#comment-3991 thanks for the suggestion on using children(). And yeah, it does kill the idea for having to set the column headers manually anyway. thanks for the suggestion on using children(). And yeah, it does kill the idea for having to set the column headers manually anyway.

]]> By: nikos http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/11/05/setting-a-datagrid-controls-data-provider-to-an-xml-object-in-flex/comment-page-1/#comment-3994 nikos Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:50:00 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/11/05/setting-a-datagrid-controls-data-provider-to-an-xml-object-in-flex/#comment-3994 thank you!!! thank you!!!

]]> By: peterd http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/11/05/setting-a-datagrid-controls-data-provider-to-an-xml-object-in-flex/comment-page-1/#comment-3993 peterd Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:18:36 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/11/05/setting-a-datagrid-controls-data-provider-to-an-xml-object-in-flex/#comment-3993 Kirk, Sure, just use databinding (bind the form fields to a field in the DataGrid control's <code>selectedItem</code> object) and select a random index in the DataGrid by setting the <code>selectedIndex</code> property to a value between 0 and the data provider length - 1. Peter Kirk,

Sure, just use databinding (bind the form fields to a field in the DataGrid control’s selectedItem object) and select a random index in the DataGrid by setting the selectedIndex property to a value between 0 and the data provider length – 1.

Peter

]]> By: Kirk http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/11/05/setting-a-datagrid-controls-data-provider-to-an-xml-object-in-flex/comment-page-1/#comment-3992 Kirk Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:07:10 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/11/05/setting-a-datagrid-controls-data-provider-to-an-xml-object-in-flex/#comment-3992 After a datagrid is populated with data via an HTTP service, is there a way to send the data from a randomly selected row to several text box fields elsewhere on the form? Right now my application sends the data fine with an itemclick event, but I would to have the user see some good example data when the application loads. After a datagrid is populated with data via an HTTP service, is there a way to send the data from a randomly selected row to several text box fields elsewhere on the form?

Right now my application sends the data fine with an itemclick event, but I would to have the user see some good example data when the application loads.

]]> By: peterd http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/11/05/setting-a-datagrid-controls-data-provider-to-an-xml-object-in-flex/comment-page-1/#comment-3989 peterd Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:18:05 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/11/05/setting-a-datagrid-controls-data-provider-to-an-xml-object-in-flex/#comment-3989 Boaz, This seems to "work", and displays two columns (@message and @type): <pre class="code"> <mx:DataGrid id="dataGrid" dataProvider="{xmlDP.children()}" verticalScrollPolicy="on" /> </pre> I'm not sure how it'd handle the case where child nodes may have different attribute lists. Plus you couldn't really set column headers, sort compare functions, label functions, etc. unless you explicitly defined the DataGridColumn objects explicitly. Peter Boaz,

This seems to “work”, and displays two columns (@message and @type):

<mx:DataGrid id="dataGrid"
        dataProvider="{xmlDP.children()}"
        verticalScrollPolicy="on" />

I’m not sure how it’d handle the case where child nodes may have different attribute lists. Plus you couldn’t really set column headers, sort compare functions, label functions, etc. unless you explicitly defined the DataGridColumn objects explicitly.

Peter

]]> By: Boaz http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/11/05/setting-a-datagrid-controls-data-provider-to-an-xml-object-in-flex/comment-page-1/#comment-3990 Boaz Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:59:47 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/11/05/setting-a-datagrid-controls-data-provider-to-an-xml-object-in-flex/#comment-3990 Funny I just did almost the exact thing for work and realize that I have never been able to "just load" the XML without parsing the attributes via E4X and create the DataGridColumns. Wonder if there's a way to tell the datagrid to just load the attributes as columns? Funny I just did almost the exact thing for work and realize that I have never been able to “just load” the XML without parsing the attributes via E4X and create the DataGridColumns. Wonder if there’s a way to tell the datagrid to just load the attributes as columns?

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