Great!.
The filter function is really handy and its very fast aswell. The
example searches every column and row of data quite fast so if you one
ned to search one column it will be even faster.
Paul.
On Sep 19, 2009, at 9:10 PM, ew6014 wrote:
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>
> >
> >
>
