Not the same but related: https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-11290
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dang, I never noticed that before. Please file a bug. It probably > won't get in Flex 3 though. > > > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Kevin > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 7:42 AM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] DataTipFunction doesn't seem to make sense? > > > > Is it just me or do others think that the dataTipFunction doesn't > really fit within the "label function" framework? I don't see why it > isn't formatted like the labelFunction so that we could use those two > functions interchangeably our app? > > For example, I created a bunch of standard Date formatters that take > the "item" & "column" parameters and return a formatted date string. > Each method returns the date formatted in a different way. However, > I can't use these for dataTips since the dataTipFunction doesn't send > the column parameter. Therefore if I have a DataGrid that I want the > date in the column to appear one way and the data tip to be the same > date in a different format, I have to create a new set of functions > for my the dataTip AND the are pretty much useful only to one type of > object since I have to hard code the parameter that I want formatted. > > I am wondering why these label function method signatures wouldn't be > formated the same way so that we can write general functions and use > them across our application. Am I missing something OR is there a > way to pass additional parameters to a label function that I don't > know about? > > - Kevin >
