There's a few ways you can do this, but here is one, using Bindings through the Component Inspector.
First set the columns for the datagrid. Add the following code to the first frame (where the button code is) this.menu_dg.columnNames = ["name", "price", "calories"]; Add a TextArea component for the description of the selected datagrid item to the stage, name it:description_ta With the TextArea instance selected, set "editable" to false in the "Parameters" tab. Next step is to bind the .text property of the TextArea to the "description" field of the XML connector. You could bind the TextArea to the DataSet, but then you'd have to manually create a schema for the DataSet's dataProvider in the Component Inspector. Since the XMLConnector already has a Schema defined, we'll use that one. Bind the TextArea's "text" property to the XMLConnector's "description" property: click the plus (+) sign, select the "text:String" property, click "Bound To", click the magnifying glass icon, select XMLConnector, then select the "description:String" property. Select "in" for the direction. Last thing to do is to tell the TextArea to display the description of the selected item of the DataGrid. However you do this through the XMLConnector.. Select the XMLConnector, select the Bindings tab in the Component Inspector. There should be 2 Bindings - results.dinner_menu.food - results.dinner_menu.food.[n].description The last one is the one we need. Note that it has "[n]" in the path, meaning there's multiple "food" properties and we now need to tell the XMLConnector which one to use. Select "results.dinner_menu.food.[n].description" in the Bindings tab, click "Index for 'food'", click the magnifying glass icon, unselect "Use constant value", which will make the selections at the top available, select "Datagrid" -> "selectedIndex:Number" Test the movie. regards, Muzak ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Kirkham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 6:31 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] Selective display with XMLConnector,DataSet and DataGrid I am learning about data integration and have completed the elementary "Dinner Menu" exercise at http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/mx2004/main_7_2/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=Flash_MX_2004&file=00000435.html . The XML has a root node named <dinner_menu>, containing multiple nodes named <food>, each of which contains nodes named <name>, <price>, <description> and <calories>. By means of XMLConnector, DataSet and DataGrid, this information is displayed in columns labelled "name", "price", "description" and "calories". So far it is perfectly simple, but what I now want to modify the example to display only _selected_ columns in my DataGrid, for instance to read in the same XML but display only "name", "price" and "calories" in my DataGrid, omitting "description". Nevertheless I don't want to discard "description"; I want to read it in with the other data, store it and make it available if the user requests it. Can anybody suggest how I can do this, or direct me to any examples? Thanks Andy _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
