If your checkBox selected states are in a comma separated string, you can use split to put that into an array, the loop over the array and set the individual check box states. Note the selected requires a Boolean, but you will have a string, so you will probably use a ternary expression:
Cbx0.selected = (aSelections[0] == "true")? true:false; Tracy ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sbnkn Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Checkbox in datagrid Are the CheckBoxes in the Form or in the DataGrid, or both? -- Only in the form What is the dataProvider for the DataGrid? -- xml value from DB thru Httpservice How are you linking the Form to the DataGrid? <mx:Button label="Edit Announcement" click="showEdit (dgAnnouncements.selectedItem)" /> dgAnnouncements is the id name for Datagrid. the function:showEdit private function showEdit(item:Object):void { strTitle.text = item.strTitle; strContent.text = item.strContent; cntAnnouncement.text = item.cntAnnouncement; dtmOpenDate.text = item.dtmOpenDate; dtmCloseDate.text = item.dtmCloseDate; dtmAssignmentDueDate.text = item.dtmAssignmentDueDate; strPartners.text = item.strPartners;} strPartners holds the checkbox values now. How are the CheckBox states being stored in your dataProvider item? -- In the datagrid, I have it as comma seperated values. Hope these give a more detailed explanation to help. Thanks, -NB --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are the CheckBoxes in the Form or in the DataGrid, or both? > > > > What is the dataProvider for the DataGrid? > > > > How are you linking the Form to the DataGrid? > > > > How are the CheckBox states being stored in your dataProvider item? > > > > Tracy > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ] On > Behalf Of sbnkn > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 3:30 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [flexcoders] Checkbox in datagrid > > > > Hi ALL, > > This group is being really helpful. > > I have asked a question earlier and people responded with answers on > the same day. I appreciate and thank you all. > > Now back to the another question. > > I have a form to enter and a datagrid to display the records. > Form has: text, textarea and multiple check box. once I add text and > select multiple values in the checkbox and submit. This gets into the > DB. This works fine. > > Example to explain the scenario: checkbox has 1, 2, 3, 4 as options > to select. When the user selected 3,4. The DB gets inserted with 3,4 > > Now, when I select any record from the datagrid, the form gets > populated with the selected datagrid value and this works fine too > except for the checkbox values. > > Example to explain the scenario: DB has 3,4 the form needs to have > 3,4 checked. > > Question: How do i enable checkbox (having checkbox selected=true) > for only the values in the DB. > Any example direction would be great. > > -NB >
