You need to study up on item renderers a bit. What you are trying to do will not work. The check box state must be driven by a value in the dataProvider item. You should not attempt to access the check box directly via code.
Find an example of a checkbox renderer, there are many, I have one on www.cflex.net <http://www.cflex.net/> . Do not attempt to create an interactive itemRenderer from scratch When you have a working renderer, you can simply set the property on the dataProvider item (using the collection API, or itemUpdated()) Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of fumeng5 Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 9:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Access DataGridColumn on DataGrid Row Click Hi, I'm trying to access a DataGridColumn when a user clicks on a DataGrid row. The problem is that I'm not trying to access the column that was clicked on.... I want to select a checkbox that is always in the 2nd column whether a user clicks on the 2nd column or not. I'm having trouble figuring out how to do that......Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks! <mx:DataGrid id="myDG" width="100%" height="100%" itemClick="onItemClick(event)"> <mx:dataProvider> <mx:XMLListCollection> <mx:source> <mx:XMLList xmlns=""> <data col1="haha" col2=""/> <data col1="hahaha" col2=""/> <data col1="hahahaha" col2=""/> </mx:XMLList> </mx:source> </mx:XMLListCollection> </mx:dataProvider> <mx:columns> <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="col1" dataField="@col1"/> <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="col2" dataField="@col2"> <mx:itemRenderer> <mx:Component> <mx:CheckBox label="Check this Box!" /> </mx:Component> </mx:itemRenderer> </mx:DataGridColumn> </mx:columns> </mx:DataGrid>
