Stefan... I'm going to give that a try as that might get me where I want to go. But I guess my primary question is "is that the best way"? Given my explanation of what I'm trying to, is there a better/easier way to get at the data?
andy -----Original Message----- From: Stefan Richter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 2:40 AM To: Flex Subject: Re: Referencing textInput fields from within a TileList Hi Andy, you can use the currentItem property to set dymanic values within the repeater: <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ [Bindable] public var myArray:Array=[1,2,3,4]; ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:ArrayCollection id="myAC" source="{myArray}"/> <mx:Repeater id="myrep" dataProvider="{myAC}"> <mx:Label id="Label1" text="This is loop #{myrep.currentItem}"/> </mx:Repeater> Like this you could also assign values out of your array to the component that's being repeated. HTH Stefan On 16 Jun 2008, at 02:35, Andy Matthews wrote: > I thought about using a repeater but I'm stuck on this idea of > "naming" each of the textinput fields like I would in ColdFusion: > > loop > <textinput name="sName+i"> > /loop > > But I'm guessing that Repeater doesn't work quite like that. The > hardest part is knowing how to get at the values from the input > fields, regardless of how I'm creating them. > >> Its kind of odd to use a Tile List for this honestly. For one, >> doesn't appear TileLists support the idea of itemrenderer as editor. >> Not saying it can't be used, but IMHO, I'd probably just use a >> Repeater over a custom window shade type of component. See Flex lib >> for what I'm speaking of. Each of these could have a instance of >> your data objetc, you are using a typed object, right? Then it would >> be cake to gatehr the data and send it away. You could use the >> datagrid for this too, but I'm not a huge fan of editable datagrids, >> rarely touch them over the past year, for one thing they do not >> support the UI validation paradigm other input controls do. Read up >> on the datagrid, once you understand how item editors work you will >> realize the easy in gathering your edited data and sending on the >> way. >> >> DK >> >> >>> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/Flex/message.cfm/messageid:5335 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/Flex/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.37
