setting editorDataField to "selected" works for me.... <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Region Review" width="120" dataField="regionReview" editorDataField="selected" rendererIsEditor="true"> <mx:itemRenderer> <mx:Component> <mx:CheckBox/> </mx:Component> </mx:itemRenderer> </mx:DataGridColumn>
Don Kerr --- In [email protected], "greg_lafrance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a column in a datagrid using CheckBox as itemRender, and user > checks CheckBoxes they want to send email for. > > But after user checks the CheckBoxes, the data provider has not been > updated. > > Should I try to get the dataProvider to get the updated > checked/unchecked state of the CheckBoxes (and if so, how), or should > I simply examine the "selected" property of each of the Checkboxes > (and if so, how). > > Someone in the Adobe Flex forum suggested in CheckBox you have to > add "change" event handler and when it is called set the property. > change="data.sendEmail = chk_box_id.selected", but Flex prevents me > from using an ID in this case for the itemrenderer CheckBox. > > I tried this but then the checkBox does not get checked when you > click it: > > change="data.sendEmail=this.selected" > > Thanks very much. Greg > > ------------- data/contactsTest.xml ------ > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> > <contacts> > <contact> > <name>Frank Bords</name> > <sendEmail>false</sendEmail> > </contact> > <contact> > <name>Dave Harris</name> > <sendEmail>false</sendEmail> > </contact> > <contact> > <name>Lee Travis</name> > <sendEmail>false</sendEmail> > </contact> > <contact> > <name>Glen Matin</name> > <sendEmail>false</sendEmail> > </contact> > <contact> > <name>Gary Curtis</name> > <sendEmail>false</sendEmail> > </contact> > </contacts> > --- Test.mxml --- > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > creationComplete="init()"> > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent; > import mx.collections.XMLListCollection; > import mx.controls.DataGrid; > > [Bindable] > private var contactData:XMLListCollection; > > private function init():void { > contactService.send(); > } > > private function sendEmail(event:MouseEvent):void{ > for each(var item:XML in contacts.dataProvider){ > trace(item.sendEmail); > } > } > > private function contactResultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void{ > contactData = new XMLListCollection > (event.result.contact); > } > ]]> > </mx:Script> > <mx:HTTPService id="contactService" url="data/contactTest.xml" > resultFormat="e4x" > useProxy="false" result="contactResultHandler(event)"/> > <mx:DataGrid id="contacts" dataProvider="{contactData}" > rowCount="5"> > <mx:columns> > <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="name" headerText="Name" > width="100"/> > <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="sendEmail" headerText="Email > Contacts" width="100" > rendererIsEditor="true"> > <mx:itemRenderer> > <mx:Component> > <mx:CheckBox label="Send Email" > selectedField="{data.sendEmail as Boolean}" > change="data.sendEmail=this.selected" > paddingLeft="5"/> > </mx:Component> > </mx:itemRenderer> > </mx:DataGridColumn> > </mx:columns> > </mx:DataGrid> > <mx:Button label="Email Checked Contacts" fontSize="14" > color="0xAB45C4" > click="sendEmail(event)"/> > </mx:Application> >
