This is what List components do for you out of the box. I suggest using a List with a custom item renderer.
DK On 1/13/09, Lucas Golden <[email protected]> wrote: > So, now that I've got my XML import working nice and fast, I've come to > another snag with the loading speed of the project I'm working on. > > I've got about 2700~ or so records being sent in to Flex with information > for each product. Now, I've created a simple custom display object that > once I've got everything in to the ArrayCollection, it then goes and creates > a unique display object for each record. These display objects are then > output in to a canvas in a row format. This will, naturally, lead to the > canvas having a scroll bar as the app is creating all the display options at > start time. > > The problem I'm running in to is that if I allow it to run all 2700~ > records, it will completely lag out and has a load time close to 2 minutes. > I can go shorten the records to only display a certain number, but I can > only get about 30-40 objects to be created before the lag makes the app > unusable. > > So, my question is this: Is there any way to only create the items once > they are being viewed by the user? I created Up and Down buttons and made > it where it only creates/displays 9 items at a time. However, this solution > isn't ideal as there's not a scrollable bar to allow users to browse all the > objects. > > I hope this was clear enough, > > Thanks! > Luke > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in the > subject line > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Sent from my mobile device Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it? ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in the subject line For more info, see http://www.affug.com Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
