--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Adrian Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Guys and gals,
>
> I'm stumped. I am trying to apply a custom text and background
> color to (initially) a specific cell in my grouped ADG, using a
renderer
> provider and a custom renderer. The colors are coming from my
dataset
> (part of the user's stored configuration preferences) and the text
color
> is working perfectly. However, nothing I do is rendering the
cell's
> background color the same way that the text color is doing. I've
tried
> style functions, renderers, etc without luck. Any ideas?!?!
>
> Here is the code:
>
> My ADG column def:
> <mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn
> id="groupedKitNum" dataField="KitNum" headerText="Kit Number"
> headerWordWrap="true" textAlign="left" width="75"
editable="false" />
>
> My renderer provider:
>
<mx:AdvancedDataGridRendererProvider
> id="subgroupRenderer" column="{groupedKitNum}" depth="1"
columnIndex="1"
> columnSpan="4" renderer="renderers.GAPSubgroups.SubgroupRenderer"/>
>
> My renderer code:
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <mx:Text xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
> implements="mx.core.IFactory"
> width="100%" height="100%" paddingLeft="2" paddingRight="2">
> <mx:Script>
> <![CDATA[
> import mx.utils.ObjectProxy;
>
> override public function set data(dataItem:Object) :
void
> {
> if (dataItem.children[0] is ObjectProxy)
> {
> htmlText = dataItem.children[0].Description;
> setStyle("color",dataItem.children
[0].TextColor);
> setStyle("backgroundColor",
> dataItem.children[0].BackgroundColor);
> }
> }
>
> public function newInstance():*
> {
> return new SubgroupRenderer();
> }
> ]]>
> </mx:Script>
> </mx:Text>
>
> When I've walked through the code in the debugger, I can verify
that the
> the background color is indeed being passed in the data set...it's
just
> being ignored!
>
> Anyone have any ideas?!
This might or might not point you in the right direction:
http://flexdiary.blogspot.com/2008/06/musings-on-advanceddatagrid-
part-2.html
I think, though, that Text shouldn't have the same problems as
TextField.
HTH;
Amy
