----- Original Message ----- From: "malik_robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 12:46 AM Subject: [flexcoders] **View States Problem**
> Hi, > > I am using Flex 3 > > I am trying to use "view states" in my Flex application. My code seems > to work fine when I just have two "view states", but when I have 3 > states (including the base state), the screen never displays all 3 at > the same time. I am displaying these states based on the result of a > remote call, that part works fine so the remoting part of it is not > the problem. > > In Flexbuilder 3 if I go into design view, I can traverse through the > states (base, state2, state3), and the visual displays look correct. > > Anyone have any idea or thoughts? > > Here is my code below: snip Hi Malik, I have amended your code to make it runnable as an example (something you should have done). Basically I have added three buttons to the base state to switch state, plus made some stub data providers. Everything works as expected (in terms of view states anyway), so I don't think your problem is related to view states. Paul Amended code: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; layout="vertical"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import mx.collections.ArrayCollection; [Bindable] public var subSubAreaAC:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection(['E','F']); [Bindable] public var subAreaAC:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection(['A','B']); [Bindable] public var catAC:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection(['C','D']); ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:states> <mx:State name="state2"> <mx:AddChild relativeTo="{frm}" position="lastChild" > <mx:FormItem label="Select Sub Area:"> <mx:ComboBox id="cb2" dataProvider="{subAreaAC}" labelField="state2" width="216" left="10" top="40" minWidth="150" /> </mx:FormItem> </mx:AddChild> </mx:State> <mx:State name="state3" basedOn="state2"> <mx:AddChild relativeTo="{frm}" position="lastChild" > <mx:FormItem label="Select Sub-Sub Area:"> <mx:ComboBox id="cb3" dataProvider="{subSubAreaAC}" labelField="state3" minWidth="150" /> </mx:FormItem> </mx:AddChild> </mx:State> </mx:states> <!-- this is basically my base state, this gets showed by default --> <mx:HBox> <mx:Button label="base state" click="currentState=''"/> <mx:Button label="state2" click="currentState='state2'"/> <mx:Button label="state3" click="currentState='state3'"/> </mx:HBox> <mx:Form id="frm" x="10" y="10"> <mx:FormItem label="Select a Parent Category:"> <mx:ComboBox id="cb1" labelField="ParentCategory" width="150" left="10" top="40" dataProvider="{catAC}" rowCount="{catAC.length / 2}" /> </mx:FormItem> </mx:Form> </mx:Application>
