Yes I would think something this absurdly simple would be a single sentence reply which I could cut and paste,... unfortunately not.
This statement with the variable uncast var crapola = squaresGrid.selectedItem.NameCol; returns as follows in the debugger this Center (@137ef0a1) crapola XMLList (@1ce7c461) [0] XML <Name> "GZAW08" Your statement var squat:XML = XML(squaresGrid.selectedItem); returned just XML Neither of the two options you stated worked. It is the string "GZAW08" which I am trying to return. I am ready to throw something, sorry to visit this on you. --- On Sat, 11/21/09, Julian Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: From: Julian Alexander <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Syntax Question To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 2:08 PM Why the heck do you need to re-cast as an XMLListCollection? This is a actually really simple... var squat:XML = XML(squaresGrid. selectedItem) ; var myValue:String = squ...@myproperty OR squat.myProperty (depending on if it's a node or attribute) It does work. I've done it hundreds of times. Don't know what you're doing wrong... -Julian From: Dan Pride <danielpride@ yahoo.com> To: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Sat, November 21, 2009 11:43:34 AM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Syntax Question Thanks for the response. Its an ArrayCollection of XML objects. var squat:XMLList = squaresGrid. selectedItem. NameCol; will trace as an XML List but I can not seem to get the list to then recast as an XMLListCollection so I can get at it. Thanks Dan --- On Sat, 11/21/09, Julian Alexander <wb...@ymail. com> wrote: From: Julian Alexander <wb...@ymail. com> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Syntax Question To: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 11:14 AM Dan, The problem (I assume) is that the object you're getitng back isn't XML. I was using that as an example, but when you use the "as" operator if the object isn't that type it will always return null. What is your data provider? Is it an array of objects? XML? It all depends on what you're doing. Either way, it's based on a list. Getting the selected item will give you a generic "object" that you need to cast to whichever data type (actually, you don't have to but it's nicer) at which point you have all of the properties accessible and you can grab the same property that the first column is bound to. -Julian From: Dan Pride <danielpride@ yahoo.com> To: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Sat, November 21, 2009 7:42:28 AM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Syntax Question 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.selectedIt em; 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: flexcod...@yahoogro ups.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
