Creating complex data provider objects in MXML using Flex 4

By On October 20, 2010 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can create a complex MX DataGrid data provider with nested objects in MXML using the <fx:Object> tag.

 

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Using a CFF embedded font with a Halo DataGrid control in Flex 4

By On August 21, 2009 · 3 Comments

The following example shows how you can use a CFF embedded font with a Halo DataGrid container by setting the itemRenderer property or defaultDataGridItemRenderer style to the mx.controls.dataGridClasses.TLFDataGridItemRenderer class.

Full code after the jump.

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Setting a DataGrid control’s data provider to an XML object in Flex

By On November 5, 2008 · 6 Comments

The following example shows how you can use an XML object as a data provider for a Flex DataGrid control and use a custom label function to display the XML node’s name.

Full code after the jump.

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Aligning the header text in a DataGrid column in Flex (redux)

By On October 12, 2008 · 2 Comments

In a previous example, “Aligning the header text in a DataGrid column in Flex”, we saw how you could set the text alignment on a Flex DataGrid control’s DataGridColumn by setting the headerStyleName and textAlign styles.

The following example shows a few more methods of aligning data and headers in a DataGrid and individual [...]

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Setting background colors on a DataGrid column in Flex

By On September 24, 2008 · 12 Comments

The following example shows how you can set alternating column background colors on a Flex DataGrid control by setting the backgroundColor style for each DataGridColumn object.

Full code after the jump.

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Aligning the header text in a DataGrid column in Flex

By On September 16, 2008 · 15 Comments

The following example shows how you can set the text alignment on a Flex DataGrid control’s DataGridColumn by setting the headerStyleName and textAlign styles.

Full code after the jump.

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Toggling word wrap on a DataGrid column header in Flex

By On September 14, 2008 · 9 Comments

The following example shows how you can toggle word wrapping on a Flex DataGrid control’s DataGridColumn by setting the headerWordWrap property.

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Creating an editable DataGrid control in Flex

By On May 11, 2008 · 70 Comments

The following example shows how you can create an editable Flex DataGrid control by setting the editable property on the DataGrid and DataGridColumn objects.

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Performing case [in]sensitive sorts using the DataGrid control in Flex

By On March 7, 2008 · 3 Comments

The following example shows how you can perform numeric sorts, case sensitive sorts, or case insensitive sorts in the Flex DataGrid control by setting a custom sort compare function on the DataGridColumn using the sortCompareFunction property, the static ObjectUtil.numericCompare() method, and the static ObjectUtil.stringCompare() method.

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Displaying tool tips in a Flex DataGrid control’s header

By On February 8, 2008 · 11 Comments

The following example shows you how you can truncate a DataGrid column’s text and display a tool tip by setting a custom header renderer.

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Determining a DataGridColumn object’s current sort order

By On August 23, 2007 · 6 Comments

OK, I’m convinced there is a better way to do this, but so far this is the only solution I’ve found…
Any other ideas? Leave em in the comments!

Basically the following post shows one possible way of determining the current sort order of a data grid by grabbing the sortDescending property whenever a [...]

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Creating multi-line data grid rows with variable row heights

By On July 23, 2007 · 20 Comments

One of my favorite Flex components is the the trusty DataGrid. It seems whenever I build some sort of application or sample, I need a DataGrid to show all sorts of debug data or what have you. Here is a simple little example of a DataGrid with multi-line content and a variable row height.

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