thanks! It looks like this will do exactly what I was wanting to do. On 7/5/07, matthew tomich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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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