An item renderer is a component and has its own scope. "outerDocument" is a reference to the renderer's parent document. You use it to access public properties of the parent.
Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _____ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Nick Middleweek Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 7:17 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [SPAM] Re: [Spam] Re: [flexcoders] Checkbox in Datagrid Hey Angleo, Just curious here but what's the outerDocument. prefix for on the change 2009/10/15 Angelo Anolin <angelo_anolin@ <mailto:angelo_ano...@yahoo.com> yahoo.com> Agha, You need to use Itemrenderer to render your checkbox control inside your gridview: <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Testing" width="100" textAlign="center"> <mx:itemRenderer> <mx:Component> <mx:CheckBox label="Test" change="outerDocument.checkbox_changed()" /> </mx:Component> </mx:itemRenderer> </mx:DataGridColumn> and then in your script section, declare a function (i.e. checkbox_changed()) public function checkbox_changed() :void { Alert.show('Test'); } When you check/uncheck your checkbox on the datagrid, the alert message should show. I hope this helps. Angelo
