That does make sense. It's a bit of pain for what we're trying to do. But we'll find a workaround. We're dealing with a ton of dynamic data that is being used to generate in turn a dynamic interface. We'll just have to figure out a way to get the RadioButtons grouped in the same container. Thanks for the detailed explanation,
-- Matthew On 4/14/05, Jason Szeto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Let me explain what is going on here and why it has been done this way. > > Let's say you've got a MXML Component called myChoice. It contains three > RadioButtons, called rA, rB, & rC. You assign each of these a groupName > called myGroup. It also has a member variable called dataProvider. The way > that you use this component is that you set the dataProvider property, which > then sets the label and data properties of each of your three RadioButtons. > > Now in your main application, you instantiate three of these myChoice > components, called cA, cB, & cC. > > In this application, would you expect all nine RadioButton be part of a > single group called myGroup? No, you'd expect that there would be three > groups and that the RadioButtons within each component are only a part of > the internal group of the component. The same thing with the dataProvider > property. You wouldn't expect that this property would be shared among all > three components. > > What is happening under the covers is that a RadioButtonGroup with the id > "myGroup" is created as a member variable of the myChoice component. > > So in short, radio buttons can only share a RadioButtonGroup if they are > within the same class. (Remember that each MXML file is its own class.) > > Jason > > -----Original Message----- > From: jwaknitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 10:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Radio Button Custom Component > > I tried that, to no avail. :( > > --- In [email protected], Deepa Subramaniam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I don't see a <mx:RadioButtonGroup> tag in your code anywhere. > This tag is > > what defines the group which your RadioButtons will work as a > single control > > under. You can also use this tag to specify the labelPlacement for > all the > > RB's in the group. > > > > So I think what you need is outside of your Repeater this: > > > > <mx:RadioButtonGroup id="group1" labelPlacement="right" /> > > > > Check out the ASDocs for more info. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jwaknitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 10:47 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Radio Button Custom Component > > > > > > > > I went back to the script and changed the if statement to create a > > RadioButton directly to the app and not grab a component. This > > fixed the group problem but is not the fix that I wanted. > > Components is much nicer for what I want as the other way has > > generated a few problems with my design. > > > > Does anyone have any input about why the groupName attribute > doesn't > > seem to work between components? > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Matthew Shirey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > I am working with Jack and I am familiar with his problem. > There's > > a few > > > reasons why we're using a component with a radio control inside > > it. Our > > > problem is that it seems to be ignoring the groupName property. > Do > > radio > > > controls have to all exist inside the same parent container to > > work as a > > > group? I have looked in the documentation and didn't see any > such > > > limitation. Maybe I missed it. Shouldn't you be able to put > radio > > buttons > > > anywhere in the application and as long as they all have the > same > > groupName > > > they all behave as a group? > > > > > > -- Matthew > > > > > > On 4/13/05, Tracy Spratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Why not just use straight mxml. The following works for me. > > > > > > > > <mx:VBox id="vboxRG" x="3" y="3" > > > > > <mx:Repeater id="repeaterRB" > > dataProvider="{leParameter.valuesarray}" > > > > > > > > > <mx:RadioButton id="RBParameter" groupName="RGBParameter" > > > > data="{repeaterRB.currentItem[0]}" > > > > label="{repeaterRB.currentItem[labelColumn]}" > > > > click="setParameterValue(event)" > > > > width="{this.width-6}"/> > > > > </mx:Repeater> > > > > </mx:VBox> > > > > > > > > Tracy > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: jwaknitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 1:16 PM > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Radio Button Custom Component > > > > > > > > I'm using a repeater to grab a component that makes a > radiobutton > > > > each time. > > > > When the app is displayed, there are 7 radiobuttons. The > problem > > > > is, they are not in the same group. They are all individually > > > > checkable. I went into the component and gave the radiobutton a > > > > groupName="group1". All of the radiobuttons then had the same > > > > groupName. The problem was still there. > > > > > > > > I also tried putting the component call within a > RadioButtonGroup > > > > component and had no luck. > > > > > > > > Anyone have any solutions to this? > > > > > > > > *----------------------------------------* App: > > > > > > > > <mx:Script> > > > > <![CDATA[ > > > > > > > > var compData3:Object; > > > > var compData4:Object; > > > > > > > > function repeaterfunc(){ > > > > if(repradio.currentItem.nodeName == "response_lid"){ > > > > compData3 = cont.createChild > > > > (Components.RadioButtons.labelbuttoncomp); > > > > compData3.compData4 = repradio.currentItem; > > > > } > > > > } > > > > ]]> > > > > </mx:Script> > > > > > > > > <mx:Repeater id="repradio" dataProvider="{compData2.childNodes > > > > [1].firstChild.childNodes}" repeat="repeaterfunc()"/> > > > > > > > > <mx:VBox id="cont"></mx:VBox> > > > > > > > > *----------------------------------------* Component: > > > > > > > > <mx:Script> > > > > <![CDATA[ > > > > > > > > var compData4; > > > > > > > > ]]> > > > > </mx:Script> > > > > > > > > <mx:RadioButton > > > > > > > label="{compData4.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild.firstCh > > > > ild.firstChild}" groupName="group1" labelPlacement="right"/> > > > > > > > > Yahoo! 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