Here is one example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
layout="horizontal" horizontalAlign="left" verticalAlign="top">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.events.ItemClickEvent;
[Bindable] private var theLinks:XML =
<sample>
<entry>
<text>Click Me 1</text>
<link>http://www.followthis1.com</link>
</entry>
<entry>
<text>Click Me 2</text>
<link>http://www.followthis2.com</link>
</entry>
<entry>
<text>Click Me 3</text>
<link>http://www.followthis3.com</link>
</entry>
</sample>
private function
handleLinkClickedEvent(event:MouseEvent):void
{
var theLink:XML = XML(event.target.data[0]);
navigateToURL(new URLRequest(theLink), '_self');
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:Repeater id="myRepeater" dataProvider="{theLinks.entry}">
<mx:LinkButton label="{myRepeater.currentItem.text}"
data="{myRepeater.currentItem.link}"
click="handleLinkClickedEvent(event)"/>
</mx:Repeater>
</mx:Application>
--- In [email protected], "iloveyouwisconsin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Newbie alert...now for my stupid question. I'm sure this is pretty
> simple but I am completely new to Flex:
>
> How do I dynamically display an array of external hyperlinks? I have
> the following xml code:
>
> <sample>
> <entry>
> <text>Click Me 1</text>
> <link>http://www.followthis1.com</link>
> </entry>
> <entry>
> <text>Click Me 2</text>
> <link>http://www.followthis3.com</link>
> </entry>
> <entry>
> <text>Click Me 3</text>
> <link>http://www.followthis3.com</link>
> </entry>
> </sample>
>
> How do I make it so that the user will see the 3 items in the <text>
> field (dynamically...not hardcoded):
> 1. Click Me 1
> 2. Click Me 2
> 3. Click Me 3
> and then when each is clicked they will be directed to their
> respective links: http://www.followthis1com,
http://www.followthis2com, http://www.followthis3com?
>
> Here is the flex code I am (wrongly) using:
> <mx:Script>
> <![CDATA[
> import mx.events.ListEvent;
> import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
> import mx.rpc.events.FaultEvent;
> import mx.controls.Alert;
> import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
> [Bindable] private var thisList:ArrayCollection;
> private function changeHandler(event:ListEvent):void{
> }
> private function init():void{
> goodsample.send();
> }
> private function httpResultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void{
> thisList = event.result.sample.entry;
> }
>
> ]]>
> </mx:Script>
>
> <mx:HTTPService id="goodsample"
> url="http://localhost/sampleentries.php";
> result="httpResultHandler(event)"/>
>
>
> <mx:LinkBar labelField="text"
> itemClick="navigateToURL(new URLRequest(
> String(event.label).toLowerCase()), '_blank');">
> <mx:dataProvider>
> {thisList}
> </mx:dataProvider>
> </mx:LinkBar>
>
> Many thanks!
>
