It seems like the license number is not just a button label--it's actually a part of your model. Perhaps that column should render the number associated with each user (if any). If there's a number, display that. If it's NaN (or -1, or whatever invalid number you choose), display it as a 'Generate' button and on click, update the model with the number, and update the display of the renderer.
-----Original Message----- From: Pilby <i...@pilby.us> Reply-to: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Datagrid question Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:59:20 -0700 Thanks for responding, Tracy. Let's say this is an application that allows generation of license numbers. Imagine this: You have 3 columns in the datagrid. The first and second columns are the first and last names of a person. The third column is a button (which is really part of an MXML component) that has it's 'label' set as "Click to generate license number". When the user clicks the button, the logic to generate the license number is within the component and will be output to the label property of the button, and the button will no longer be clickable. The application allows multiple people to be listed in the datagrid. Outside the datagrid, there is a button that says "Click to print all". Given the specs I described so far, it's clear that I have to be able to iterate through each row in the datagrid, extracting the data from each column of each row. Typically, I would just get the dataProvider array collection object, and the problem would be solved. But because the license number is being output through the label property of the button (which is part of a MXML component) and is not part of the original dataProvider data, I can't go that route. I figured I now have to somehow iterate through each row, grabbing the data of each column of the row and storing it somehow. Is there a way for me to get the license number from the label property of the buttons?
