Thanks to all those who replied, Following links strategy does work for me, My XML's structure was little weird and I was expecting to use some inbuilt sorting capability but I guess as recommended by few folks I have to custom and I followed the following link helpful, Anyone else is seeking soem complex sortign the link might be helpful
http://www.parallelcoding.com/2008/10/20/sorting-a-xmllistcollection-in-flex/ On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 1:09 PM, foobone9 <foobo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > It's a class property array. That line is simply showing a way to fall > back to other compare field properties if none are provided via the 'fields' > parameter. > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, geeky > developer <geekydevelo...@...> wrote: > > > > Hi foobone9I am trying to implement your sent/recommended code but it is > not > > > recognizing internalPropList in line > > var propList:Array = fields ? fields : internalPropList;. > > > > What exactly in internalPropList here? > > Anyone has any idea, > > Thanks all for your reply and help > > > > . > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 4:57 PM, foobone9 <foobo...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > There is a nice example in the Sort class documentation: > > > > > > > > > > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/mx/collections/Sort.html#compareFunction > > > > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><flexcoders% > 40yahoogroups.com>, crazy > > > developer <geekydeveloper@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Thanks for replying > > > > What does we mean by custom sort compare function, Can we provide any > > > > examples of both sort and sort compare functions or little more > details > > > > about what and how does we do that? > > > > Thanks much fro your help > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Alex Harui <aharui@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > If you have a labelfunction, you'll probably need a custom > sortcompare > > > > > function > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Alex Harui > > > > > > > > > > Flex SDK Developer > > > > > > > > > > Adobe Systems Inc. <http://www.adobe.com/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > > > <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><flexcoders% > 40yahoogroups.com>[mailto: > > > flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> <flexcoders% > 40yahoogroups.com>] *On > > > > > Behalf Of *anuj181 > > > > > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 04, 2009 3:51 PM > > > > > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > > > <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><flexcoders% > 40yahoogroups.com> > > > > > > *Subject:* [flexcoders] Problem in sorting XMLList collection as a > > > > > dataProvider for the list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Guys > > > > > > > > > > I am trying to sort the xmllist collection which is the > dataprovider > > > for > > > > > the list. As the implementation of name-value pairs, i am > displaying > > > the > > > > > entries in form of string in List and would like to sort all the > data > > > > > displayed in the List alphabetically, I am making a call through > amfphp > > > call > > > > > to grab data from backend and populate XMLListCollection but now I > need > > > to > > > > > sort the data in the list. Below is the code,Can anyone please help > me > > > where > > > > > I am messing things up. Also please let me know if there is any > > > question > > > > > regarding the code and if there is better way of doing it. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > /******************CODE************/ > > > > > > > > > > <mx:RemoteObject id="amfSetup" source="Setup" destination="amfphp"> > > > > > <mx:method name="getList" result="getListHandler(event);" > > > > > fault="getListFault(event);"/> > > > > > </mx:RemoteObject> > > > > > > > > > > [Bindable] private var entriesXmlListFull:XMLList; > > > > > [Bindable] private var entriesXmlCollection:XMLListCollection; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > public function getListHandler(event:ResultEvent):void > > > > > { > > > > > > > > > > entriesXmlListFull = XML(event.result).device; > > > > > populateEntries(); > > > > > } > > > > > private function getListFault(event:FaultEvent):void > > > > > { > > > > > Alert.Show("Error retreiving Data"); > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > //Displaying names need to be displayed in the List box > > > > > private function entriesLabelFunc(item:Object):String > > > > > { > > > > > var xmlItem:XML = item as XML; > > > > > > > > > > return xmlItem..attribute.(@name=="friendlyname"); > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > //Populating List with XML Objects > > > > > private function populateEntries():void > > > > > { > > > > > entriesXmlCollection = new XMLListCollection(); > > > > > > > > > > for each(var item:XML in entriesXmlListFull) > > > > > { > > > > > > > > > > var friendlyName:String = item..attribute.(@name=="friendlyname"); > > > > > //Only add camera type > > > > > if ( !recordValue && hasFriendlyName && (itemType.toUpperCase() == > > > > > "CAMERA") ) > > > > > { > > > > > entriesXmlCollection.addItem(item); > > > > > } > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > //Calling Sort on XMLList collection > > > > > entriesXmlCollection.sort = sortList; > > > > > entriesXmlCollection.refresh(); > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <mx:Sort id="sortList"> > > > > > <mx:fields> > > > > > <mx:SortField name="*" caseInsensitive="true" /> > > > > > </mx:fields> > > > > > </mx:Sort> > > > > > > > > > > <mx:List id="listData" dataProvider="{entriesXmlCollection}" > > > > > labelFunction="entriesLabelFunc"/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
