clicking on the checkbox should cause the valuecommitted event to fire
i think. otherwise the click event should be OK too unless you expect
to change it programmatically.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Richard Rodseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Matt. I was working on such a loop, but I like that
valueCommitted
> idea better. But I haven't been able to figure out how to trigger
> valueCommitted for the checkboxes, since there is no focus to be lost.
>
> - Richard
>
> On 11/3/05, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > So there will be an array on your document called role and you
could loop
> > through it and grab the name and selected state.
> >
> > Var selectedRoles:Array = [];
> >
> > For (var i:Number=0; I < role.length; i++)
> >
> > {
> >
> > If (role[i].selected)
> >
> > {
> >
> > selectedRoles.push([role[i].label);
> >
> > }
> >
> > }
> >
> > But yes, it's better to store these things in a Model or just
update the
> > user directly:
> >
> > <mx:CheckBox id="role" label="{rolesList.currentItem}" selected="{
> > user.hasRole(rolesList.currentItem)}" valueCommitted="user.setRole(
> > event.target.getRepeaterItem(), event.target.selected)" />
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
> > Behalf Of *Richard Rodseth
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 02, 2005 4:40 PM
> > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex 1.5 - n checkboxes
> >
> > No, my requirements are simple. An "Edit User" panel with
checkboxes for
> > all the roles the user has.
> >
> > I have the check boxes rendering as follows
> >
> > <mx:Repeater id="rolesList" dataProvider="{allroles}">
> >
> > <mx:CheckBox id="role" label="{rolesList.currentItem}" selected="{
> > user.hasRole(rolesList.currentItem)}" />
> >
> > </mx:Repeater>
> >
> > Now, I need to submit the form, and call user.setRoles() with an
array of
> > the the checked roles. Right now there roles are just strings, but
they
> > should probably be Role objects.
> > Presumably I will need a submit handler that iterates over the
checkboxes
> > looking at their selected state and building the array of checked
ones. I
> > don't know how to do that yet, but I'm sure I can figure it out.
> > It would be nifty if there was a more automatic way to do this.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Richard
> >
> > On 11/2/05, *Brendan Meutzner* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Richard,
> >
> > I recently completed a project in which we had to dynamically build
> > form selection elements based on different control types (eg.
> > checkboxes, radio buttons, etc...). The data model we worked with
> > provided us with the string name of the control type to use, and the
> > appropriate data structure to populate the control type(s). Solution
> > I came up with was to (as you mention you might have to do) create the
> > form elements using actionscript, more specifically the createChild
> > method. I created a custom instance of each control type, and added
> > some additional properties to it, the most important being the data
> > property it needed to affect. Inside the custom control, I had my
> > change event directly modify the data property that was passed in.
> > Because the reference was passed in, this essentially "bound" that
> > change to the data model it came from. Problem solved.
> >
> > Your requirements may be slightly different as it sounds like you
> > already know what type of control you need to render. In this case, I
> > would imagine you could use a repeater tag and have it's children be
> > the custom "check box" you're creating, and pass in the object
> > property reference that needs to be changed.
> >
> > Hope this helps you...
> >
> >
> > Brendan
> >
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Richard Rodseth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > >
> > > Yes, as I mentioned, I am using the repeater tag. But the data
> > provider for
> > > it is the list of all possible roles. I'm interested in the
process of
> > > mapping the checked items to an array of objects (strings or value
> > objects).
> > > I'm guessing there's no way around using Actionscipt to populate the
> > form
> > > from the model and vice versa.
> > >
> > > - Richard
> > >
> > > On 11/2/05, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Check out the Repeater tag.
> > > >
> > > > ------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
> > > > Behalf Of *Richard Rodseth
> > > > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 02, 2005 9:07 AM
> > > > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > > > *Subject:* [flexcoders] Flex 1.5 - n checkboxes
> > > >
> > > > Is there a slick way to bind a variable number of checkboxes to
> > an array
> > > > of value objects in a data model?
> > > >
> > > > Example: user has an array of roles. Display a list of checkboxes
> > > > I see how to use repeaters to render the checkboxes, but I'm
> > unclear on
> > > > the best way to capture the user selections.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > >
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