Getting information about a class using the ObjectUtil class in Flex

By Peter deHaan On February 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can get information about a class/object by using the static ObjectUtil.getClassInfo() method.

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

By Peter deHaan On March 7, 2008 · Leave a Comment

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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Debugging Flex applications using the describeType() method and the ObjectUtil class

By Peter deHaan On December 9, 2007 · 6 Comments

The following example shows how you can debug your Flex applications using the describeType() method (in the flash.utils package), as well as the static ObjectUtil.toString() method to display information about objects in Flex.

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Creating unique identifiers for objects using the getUID() method

By Peter deHaan On November 1, 2007 · 3 Comments

The following example shows how you can use the static UIDUtil.getUID() method to generate and retreive a unique identifier for an Object. The first time you click the Display UID button, an Alert control displays the generated UID and a string representation of the Object (yay ObjectUtil.toString()!). The second time you click the Display UID [...]

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Sorting date columns in a DataGrid

By Peter deHaan On August 12, 2007 · 38 Comments

Here’s an example of sorting a column of dates in a Flex DataGrid. The dates start out as Strings (such as “04/14/1980″) so you create a custom sortCompareFunction on that DataGrid column which converts the strings to dates so Flex will sort the dates in sequential order (as oppsed to string order). Hope that helps [...]

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