Ah, a list seems to be exactly what I needed. Thanks everyone! Luke
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Douglas Knudsen <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------
