try something like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; layout="vertical"
initialize="initFeed()">
<mx:Style source="/style/wmp11.css"/>
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
[Bindable]
private var myData:ArrayCollection;
private function resultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void {
myData = event.result.rss.channel.item;
}
private function updateRss():void {
feed.url=feedSelect.value.toString();
feed.send();
}
private function initFeed():void {
feed.send();
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:HTTPService
id="feed"
url="http://www.whatever.com/rss.php";
showBusyCursor="true" result="resultHandler(event)">
</mx:HTTPService>
<mx:Panel width="100%" height="40%" paddingRight="10" paddingLeft="10"
title="Feed" layout="vertical">
<mx:VBox width="100%" height="100%" verticalAlign="middle"
horizontalAlign="center" paddingBottom="10" paddingLeft="0" paddingRight="0"
paddingTop="10">
<mx:ComboBox id="feedSelect" change="updateRss()" alpha="100" >
<mx:ArrayCollection>
<mx:Object label="All" data="http://www.whatever.com/rss.php"/>
<mx:Object label="Category 1" data="
http://www.whatever.com/rss.php?cat=2"/>
</mx:ArrayCollection>
</mx:ComboBox>
<mx:DataGrid dataProvider="{myData}" height="100%" width="100%"
id="myGrid" editable="false" enabled="true" fontFamily="Arial"
cornerRadius="5" borderColor="#c0c0c0" themeColor="#0080ff" alpha="0.6"
alternatingItemColors="[#c0c0c0, #ffffff]">
<mx:columns>
<mx:DataGridColumn dataField="title" headerText="Title">
</mx:DataGridColumn>
</mx:columns>
</mx:DataGrid>
</mx:VBox>
</mx:Panel>
</mx:Application>
On 7/3/07, Phill B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm new to Flex and trying out some of the get started tutorials. I
> wanted to try to expand upon one of them but I'm kind of stuck. I want
> to add a combo box that will let the user choose a value and that will
> automagicly change the URL for an rssfeed and refresh the datagrid.
> Can some one help me with this or point me in the right direction?
> I've searched the web but I'm kind of stuck now.
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Phil
>
>
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