Can you give me some ideas on how I should setup the model? Have a property called tabs that just has a list of view components that I bind to the tabnavigator? Come to think of it I am not sure where I would bind that to the tabnavigator.
Thanks --- In [email protected], "Paul Andrews" <p...@...> wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "someguy7_7" <mus...@...> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 6:23 PM > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Cairngorm proper usage > > > > But how would I setup the binding in the tabnavigator so that the > > first tab the list of rooms never goes away? I can't just set it to a > > arraycollection of the rooms in the model since that will wipe out my > > room list that I always want to be there. The only solution I can > > think of is to implement a viewcontroller that listens for a an event > > that is fired from the command that the model has been updated with > > the new room which then tells the view to run through the room list > > and add any rooms that don't already exist. This seems like a lot of > > extra work. Anyone have a cleaner method? > > Your view should always reflect the model. If the view should always display > a room list make sure the model always has the list in place. Your problem > is a problem of maintaining an appropriate model, not an appropriate view. > > Paul > > > Thanks > > > > --- In [email protected], "Ralf Bokelberg" > > <ralf.bokelberg@> wrote: > >> > >> It would be in the spirit of Cairngorm to fire off a EnterRoom event, > >> which triggers a EnterRoom command. The command calls a enterRoom > >> method in some model. The TabNavigator binds to this model and > >> updates itself, whenever the model changes > >> > >> With kind regards, > >> Ralf. > >> > >> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 7:49 AM, someguy7_7 <muswei@> wrote: > >> > I am trying to determine the best way to use cairngorm for the > >> > following use case. I want to display a tabnavigator that only has 1 > >> > child which is a component that has a list of rooms in a datagrid. > >> > When one of the rooms is clicked a instance of the room component is > >> > added to the tabnavigator as a child. The room component just has a > >> > label that says "You are in room xxxxxx". Can I just fire off a > >> > regular event from the room list component that the main view is > >> > listening for so it can add the new child to the tabnav or do I need > >> > to fire off a cairngorm event that goes through a command which > >> > somehow gets back to the view and tells it to add a new child to the > >> > tabnav? > >> > > >> > Any ideas on the best way to set this up so it does not violate the > >> > spirit/laws of cairngorm? > >> > > >> > Thanks > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Alternative FAQ location: > > https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 > > Search Archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups > > Links > > > > > > >
