Dan Glad you got it figured out. Could you post your solution here for future searchers?
Thank you! On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Dan Vega <[email protected]> wrote: > nm..im a dummy! got it > > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Dan Vega <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think I am finally getting some where. In case you don't know what I >> have been up to I will bring you up to speed. I am building a file explorer >> where the left side will only be directories. When you select a directory >> the contents (files) will show up in a datagrid on the right. I was having >> some issue with display branches but I solved that by inserting an empty >> array on any folder i knew had children. >> >> Now I am trying to append the directories when the user starts drilling >> down. So first I have an onItemOpen() method for when the folder is opened. >> All this does is figure out the path and call my server side function that >> will retrieve me a list of directories for a given path. >> >> private function onItemOpen(event:TreeEvent):void { >> var path:String = event.item.path; >> FileManager.getDirectories(path); >> } >> >> I have a onResult method for the getDirectories() method called >> listDirectories(). What I am doing here is >> >> 1. getting the list of directories. >> 2. if the tree data provider (_directorheies) is null we know this is the >> base. >> 3. if not I am trying to figure out a way to append this array (or swap >> out) with the children empty array i have as a placeholder. >> >> Is this the right approach? I am obviously doing something wrong, hope >> someone can point that out! >> >> private function listDirectories(event:ResultEvent):void { >> var dirs:Array = event.result as Array; >> var parent:String = dirs[0].parent; >> var pos:uint = -1; >> >> // if the _directories array is null this is our root >> request >> if(_directories == null) { >> _directories = dirs; >> }else { >> // we know the parent of the item that was clicked, >> find the array position >> for(var i in _directories){ >> if(_directories[i].path == parent){ >> pos = i; >> break; >> } >> } >> //if we found the position append the directories to >> the children node >> _directories[i].children = dirs; >> trace(ObjectUtil.toString(_directories)); >> } >> } >> >> >> >> > >
