The following example shows how you can sort an XML document by converting it into an XMLListCollection and applying a sort. You can also easily reverse the current sort by calling the SortField object’s reverse() method and refreshing the XMLListCollection object.
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The following code is a brief example of sorting a Flex XMLListCollection using the Sort and SortField classes, and the XMLListCollection.sort property. We also look at filtering the XMLCollection using a custom filter function.
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I actually searched around and couldn’t find any other examples of this, but here is a quick example of using the <mx:Sort /> and <mx:SortField /> MXML tags in Flex to sort an XMLListCollection.
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Here is another handy little tip that you see all over the web, how do I filter a data grid (or other list-based control) based on a user’s input? Or more specificially, how to I limit the items that show in a list based on what a user types.
Since I already created a simple XML document of Countries/States, I thought I’d create a basic form that lets a user type in the first few characters of a state name and have the DataGrid filter its results. You’ll also notice that I had to do some not-so-tricky E4X filtering to extract only the American state names.
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