You need to convert your XML to an array collection. One example of how to do this is here: http://codejockeyscorner.blogspot.com/2007/12/flex-xml-object-to-arraycollection.html
Then you can manipulate the ArrayCollection. - Alex --- In [email protected], "iloveyouwisconsin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As you can surmise I am new to the flex world so this is probably a > stupid easy question that I've been struggling with for the past > couple of hours. > > Using an example from http://www.boyzoid.com/flexdemos/pagableAC/main.html I was able to > generate pagination in a datagrid. My problem now is I don't have a > clue how to change the dataprovider to my httpService, which is xml. > > The code from boyzoid is below. My xml is in the format: > > <container> > <entry> > <black>black<\black> > <white>white<\white> > <\entry> > <\container> > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > layout="vertical" xmlns:bz="com.boyzoid.*" > creationComplete="initApp()" viewSourceURL="srcview/index.html"> > <mx:HTTPService id="blackwhite" url="http://localhost/index.php"; > fault="httpFaultHandler(event)" result="httpResultHandler(event)"/> > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > import mx.rpc.events.FaultEvent; > import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent; > > import com.boyzoid.PagableArrayCollection.PagableArrayCollection > import mx.controls.Alert; > [Bindable] > public var myTest:PagableArrayCollection = new PagableArrayCollection( > [{label:"AK", data:"Alaska"}, > {label:"AL", data:"Alabama"}, > {label:"AR", data:"Arkansas"}, > {label:"AZ", data:"Arizona"}, > {label:"CA", data:"California"}, > {label:"CO", data:"Colorado"}, > {label:"CT", data:"Connecticut"}, > {label:"DC", data:"District of Columbia"}, > {label:"DE", data:"Delaware"}, > {label:"FL", data:"Florida"}, > {label:"GA", data:"Georgia"}, > {label:"HI", data:"Hawaii"}, > ]); > > public function initApp():void{ > myTest.filterFunction = filterStates; > } > > public function ItemsPerPage(value:Number):void{ > myTest.itemsPerPage = value as Number; > > } > > private function filterStates(item:Object):Boolean{ > > > if(item.data.toLowerCase().search(search.text.toLowerCase()) == -1){ > return false > } > return true > } > > ]]> > </mx:Script> > > <mx:VBox y="10" width="50%" horizontalCenter="0" > horizontalAlign="center"> > <mx:HBox width="100%" horizontalAlign="center"> > <mx:Button label="<<" click="myTest.pageDown()"/> > <mx:Button label=">>" click="myTest.pageUp()"/> > </mx:HBox> > <mx:Text x="532" y="28" text="Page {myTest.currentPage} of > {myTest.pages}"/> > <mx:HBox width="100%" horizontalAlign="center"> > <mx:TextInput text="20" id="items" textAlign="center" > change="ItemsPerPage(int(items.text))" restrict="0-9" width="40" /> > <mx:Text text="items per page"/> > </mx:HBox> > <mx:HBox> > <mx:FormItem label="Search State Name"> > <mx:TextInput id="search" change="{myTest.refresh()}" /> > </mx:FormItem> > > </mx:HBox> > </mx:VBox> > <mx:DataGrid dataProvider="{myTest}" width="200" > horizontalCenter="0" bottom="15" top="100"/> > </mx:Application> >
