Thanks! Glad it is that simple! I'll give it a try.
--- In [email protected], "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> dataProvider.filterFunction = someFilteringFunction
>
> dataProvider.refresh()
>
> var filteredResults:Array =dataProvider.toArray()
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Don Kerr
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 6:20 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Datagrid filterfunction results
>
>
>
> convert what toArray()?
>
> I don't know where the filterFunction results live in order to
> reference the object/arraycollection that stores the results.
>
> Don
>
> --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> , "Alex Harui" <aharui@> wrote:
> >
> > toArray()
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> ] On
> > Behalf Of Don Kerr
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 11:57 AM
> > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [flexcoders] Datagrid filterfunction results
> >
> >
> >
> > I have a dataProvider feeding a dataGrid. I have a filterFunction that
> > filters the DP down to a subset of the dataProvider. I reference the
> > dataProvider , myDG.dataProvider. But, how do I reference just the
> > filtered down data? myDG.dataProvider gives me all data, not filtered
> > data.
> >
> > Having trouble finding the property where the filterFunction result
> > set is stored. I'm hoping it lives in an ArrayCollection somewhere
> > already. If not, how would I build an ArrayCollection of the results
> > as it filter all items?
> >
> > I want to pass just the filtered down data to another component.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Don
> >
> > Below is an example of one of my filters:
> >
> > public function processFilter(item:Object):Boolean
> > {
> > var result:Boolean=false;
> >
> > //make sure there is a search term
> > if(term.text != null && term.text.length > 0)
> > {
> > //get the search term as upper case
> > var searchTerm:String = term.text.toUpperCase();
> > //check against the title
> > if(item.crNumber != null && item.title.length > 0)
> > {
> > result = (item.crNumber.toUpperCase().indexOf(searchTerm) != -1);
> > }
> > //no need to check doc number if title already matched or if there is
> > no docNumber
> > if(result == false && item.docNumber != null && item.docNumber.length
> >
> > 0)
> > {
> > result = (item.docNumber.toUpperCase().indexOf(searchTerm) != -1);
> > }
> > if(result == false && item.title != null && item.title.length > 0)
> > {
> > result = (item.title.toUpperCase().indexOf(searchTerm) != -1);
> > }
> > }
> > return result;
> > }
> >
>
