[flexcoders] Custom Datagrid Sorting

[Steve Cox]

Hey guys,   Right, I’ve a situation where I need to sort a particular datagrid column as a date, however the value of the cell is actually a string (eg 7th Aug 2005). I’ve got this all working, however I’m trying to package it up as a class so I can reuse it 100 times through the various datagrids I’ve got. My problem is I’m calling:   dg.dataProvider.sortItems(dateFieldCompare, ((sortOrder == 1)? 0: Array.DESCENDING));   Where dg is my datagrid (passed through via the class constructor). The issue I’m having is that I cannot access any variables from the dateFieldCompare function. My constructor header is as follows:   public function DateSortUtil(myDg:mx.controls.DataGrid,columnIndex:Number,field:String) {   Ideally I want field to be accessible to the dateFieldCompare function so I know what field to compare. The following is the header from dateFieldCompare:   private function dateFieldCompare(item1:Object, item2:Object, bit:Number):Number   To get it working at the moment I’m having to compare item1.date and item2.date . However ‘date’ won’t always be the name of the fields I want to compare, and item1[field] isn’t going to work.   Any ideas?   Cheers, Steve -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.