Re: [flexcoders] Syntax Question

[Dan Pride]

Julian... Apparently you are wrong?

When I do it with an untyped var I get an object with an XMLList for each grid 
column
   var squat = dataGrid.selectedItem;

This
var myValue:XML = dataGrid.selectedIt em as XML;
returns null for myValue

Why is it such Rocket Science to get the first value in a column?
Very frustrating for something that should be so simple.

Thanks for the help
Dan

--- On Fri, 11/20/09, Julian Alexander <wb...@ymail.com> wrote:

From: Julian Alexander <wb...@ymail.com>
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Syntax Question
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, November 20, 2009, 10:53 PM







 



  


    
      
      
      You can't access the value from the column name - getting the selected 
value will give you the entire row that the datagrid is displaying from which 
you can get the value you're looking for.  In other words, if you have an 
XMLList as your dataProvider, you can do something like:

var myValue:XML = dataGrid.selectedIt em as XML;
var myName:String = myval...@name.

Make sense?

-Julian

From: Dan Pride
 <danielpride@ yahoo.com>
To: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com
Sent: Fri, November 20, 2009 9:43:33 PM
Subject: [flexcoders] Syntax Question








 



    
      
      
      On Creation complete I am filling a datagrid and I want to select the 
first value listed from the Name Column (NameCol)



What is the syntax?

dataGrid.selectedIn dex = 0;

Value = dataGrid.selectedIt em.NameCol;



Does not work. why not?



Thanks

Dan