Cool! That worked. I'm wondering what event is fired for the ArrayCollection that made it work...CollectionChange maybe? It'd be nice to know "what would work/how to get it to work" for the array too, but at least it works for the ArrayCollection.
Thanks. --- In [email protected], "Fotis Chatzinikos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Did you try with a bindable ArrayCollection? This usually dispatches the > correct events for UI components to update automatically. > > [Bindable] > var myData:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection() ; > > > On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 8:19 PM, lampei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am trying to update the dataProvider of a MenuBar without resetting > > the menuBar dataprovider to the original array. > > > > e.g. > > > > private var menuData:Array = []; > > > > private function init():void { > > menuData.push( { label: "test1", type: "normal" } ); > > menuData.push( { label: "test2", type: "normal" } ); > > menuData.push( { label: "test3", type: "normal" } ); > > } > > > > <mx:MenuBar id="mb" dataProvider="{ menuData }" /> > > > > It works if I put everything in the initial property creation or if I do: > > > > mb.dataProvider = menuData; > > > > in the init function after I've done all of my array pushes, but I was > > hoping there was a better way of doing things, i.e. firing an event or > > calling a method. > > > > I have tried mb.validateNow() (in fact, I've tried all validate > > methods), but none seem to refresh the menuData dataProvider. > > > > Anyone have any other ideas, or can tell me what I'm doing wrong? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > -- > Fotis Chatzinikos, Ph.D. > Founder, > Phinnovation > [EMAIL PROTECTED], >
