Hi Judah, Yes I definitely will. I Used them frequently in the past and am really happy with the new api for them in as2, but this is the second time that this aspect of it has tripped me up seriously so I imagine it must be so for others as well. It should definitely be easier to find simple examples and explanations.
I'll see if I can do a thorough search and report over the next few days as pennance for my ignorance. :D On 11/29/05, Judah Frangipane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Cort, > > I've have often wanted to use the dataprovider on it's own in my > projects as well. Would you post back to the list your findings. What > you've got to work. Thanks! > > Judah > PS When I was starting out I used the dataprovider in a list component > and set the list invisible. Then as my project progressed I needed to > display the dataprovider data. It was funny that when I made the list > visible all the work was done for me. :) > > Cortlandt Winters wrote: > > >Thanks a lot Hans, > > > >Just after sending that message (and thus having tried everything that > >seemed to make sense) I tried new Array() and it did work. Your > explaination > >makes sense and it is marked as an api in a note of the components > language > >reference, but then it's also described as a class. I understand the > >mechanics of mixins, but it still makes no sense to me as to why > something > >would want to be like this. I guess the good news is that I still have > lots > >to learn. > > > >Initialize isn't listed in the documentation, I'll do some searching and > >find out if I can learn anything more about that. I think I need to > forget > >that as1 ever existed if I'm ever going to enjoy as2 in time to forget it > >ever existed and enjoy as3. > > > >Thanks again. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

