ah!! . i found the error. it seems there was some problem with the priceranges datacolumn. i deleted the entire line and it works.
one thing though... i have no idea how that code works. i know how to retrieve data and everything else except the search function. how exactly it is working. perhaps i need to read about filterfunction --- In [email protected], Paul Kukiel <pkuk...@...> wrote: > > This example might help > > http://tutorial7.flexcf.com/ > > Paul. > > > On Sep 19, 2009, at 7:57 PM, ew6014 wrote: > > > hi guys. ive been searching for a easy way to search within a > > datagrid and found an answer from flex 3 cookbook from orielly. but > > for some strange reason it does not work. when i click on search it > > doesnt do anything. can someone help me please > > > > here is the code for the application > > ------------------------------------ > > > > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > > layout="vertical" > > creationComplete="initApp()"> > > > > <mx:HTTPService id="srv" url="assets/homesforsale.xml" > > resultFormat="object" > > result="onResult(event)"/> > > > > <mx:Form> > > <mx:FormItem label="Search"> > > <mx:TextInput id="search_ti"/> > > </mx:FormItem> > > <mx:FormItem> > > <mx:Button label="Search City" click="searchCity()"/> > > </mx:FormItem> > > </mx:Form> > > > > <mx:DataGrid id="grid" width="300" height="150" editable="true" > > dataProvider="{homesForSale}"> > > <mx:columns> > > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Total No." dataField="total"/> > > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="City" dataField="city"/> > > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="State" dataField="state"/> > > </mx:columns> > > </mx:DataGrid> > > > > <mx:Script> > > <![CDATA[ > > import mx.collections.SortField; > > import mx.collections.Sort; > > import mx.collections.IViewCursor; > > import mx.events.FlexEvent; > > import mx.collections.ArrayCollection; > > import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent; > > > > [Bindable] > > private var homesForSale:ArrayCollection; > > private var cursor:IViewCursor; > > > > private function initApp():void { > > this.srv.send(); > > } > > > > private function onResult(evt:ResultEvent):void { > > var sort:Sort = new Sort(); > > sort.fields = [ new SortField("city",true) ]; > > this.homesForSale = evt.result.data.region; > > this.homesForSale.sort = sort; > > this.homesForSale.refresh(); > > this.cursor = this.homesForSale.createCursor(); > > } > > > > private function searchCity():void { > > if(search_ti.text != "") { > > if(this.cursor.findFirst({city:search_ti.text})){ > > var idx:int = this.homesForSale.getItemIndex(this.cursor.current); > > this.grid.scrollToIndex(idx); > > this.grid.selectedItem = this.cursor.current; > > } > > } > > } > > > > ]]> > > </mx:Script> > > </mx:Application> > > > > here is the code for the xml > > ---------------------------- > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <data> > > <region> > > <city>Tampa</city> > > <state>FL</state> > > <total>1002</total> > > <range> > > <range1>70</range1> > > <range2>20</range2> > > <range3>10</range3> > > </range> > > </region> > > <region> > > <city>Boston</city> > > <state>MA</state> > > <total>2705</total> > > <range> > > <range1>30</range1> > > <range2>60</range2> > > <range3>10</range3> > > </range> > > </region> > > > > >
