Hey all, As always, please refer me to previous posts or documentation if this has been addressed elsewhere. I've searched quite a bit but to my surprise have not found this topic addressed...
Our Flex application performs a lot of standard CRUD-style operations: get a list of things, edit one or more, save changes,... Our forms have TextInput, DateField, ComboBox and CheckBox fields, some of which, like ComboBox and CheckBox have options populated by DataProviders. I'm looking for 'the right way' to: 1. populate form options from dataproviders 2. set field values bound to a backing object Seems pretty straightforward, right? I've been having problems figuring out the right way to have a ComboBox default to the value set in the backing object. In the web world, I am used to frameworks that take care of setting form control settings to values of the object/s backing the form. I have not figured out how to do this in Flex without writing code for each ComboBox/RadioButtonGroup,... Am I missing something in Flex or does someone on this list have a recommended approach for accomplishing this? Here's a simple example of what I am trying to do. Is there an attribute for the ComboBox that I can set that will cause the right item to be selected in the list. 'text' obviously is not it. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml";> <mx:Model id="users"> <user> <id>1</id> <name>Alex</name> </user> <user> <id>2</id> <name>Don</name> </user> <user> <id>3</id> <name>Alon</name> </user> </mx:Model> <mx:Model id="editableModel"> <name>Thing</name> <owner> <id>3</id> <name>Alon</name> </owner> <user> <id>2</id> <name>Don</name> </user> </mx:Model> <mx:Form> <mx:FormItem label="Name" width="100%"> <mx:TextInput text="{ editableModel.name }" /> </mx:FormItem> <mx:FormItem label="Owner" width="100%"> <mx:ComboBox text="{ editableModel.owner.name }" labelField="name" > <mx:dataProvider>{ users.user }</mx:dataProvider> </mx:ComboBox> </mx:FormItem> </mx:Form> </mx:Application> Thanks, Alon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
