Thanks for your help, I think I was close to giving up there, was even considering returning to the java and returning an arraylist instead of the XML.
Your a star! Thanks again. Iain --- In [email protected], "Ryan Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Instead of going through the index, you could iterate the selectedItems > and use e4x syntax to get the attribute you're looking for. selectedItem > and selectedItems are a direct link to the object in the dataprovider, > in this case XML objects: > > private function onItemClick(event:ListEvent):void > { > trace("******"); > for each (var item in tree1.selectedItems) > { > trace([EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ); > } > } > > For your sample XMLListCollection, selecting a single item (in this > example the 1st) will yield: > > ****** > 1 > > And selecting all will yield: > > ****** > 76 > 3 > 1 > > HTH, > Ryan > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of digital_eyezed > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 8:42 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Please explain the Tree to me!!!!! Before I die > waiting! > > > > Hi, > > I have a tree filled with an XMLListCollection, all nodes are named > <node>. > > The structure is like this: > > <node locationid='1'> > <node locationid='3'> > <node locationid='76'/> > </node> > </node> > > but on a much greater scale. > > Now I have set the Tree component to allowMultipleSelection=true so > that the user can select multiple nodes, that works no problem. I have > also set an itemClick function to trigger when the user selects the > item or items. By doing this I can work out if one item is selected > or multiple: > > if(Tree(event.target).selectedItem){ > dosomethingforoneselection; //this works ok > }else if(Tree(event.target).selectedIndicies){ > for(var i:int = 0;i<Tree(event.target).selectedIndicies.length;i++){ > var h:int = int(Tree(event.target).selectedIndicies[i]; > } > } > > Ok, now I have the index of each item selected on the Tree, so how do > I get the locationid from the index? > > Completely mind boggled! > > Thanks ever so much if you can help! > > Kind Regards, > > Iain > > > > > > > This message is private and confidential. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender and remove it from your system. >
