Definitely good to know, Tibor. It dawned on me, actually, that I don't need it bindable anymore due to a slight change in my design strategy. So now I can keep it simple. Thanks a lot.
--- In [email protected], "tiborballai" <ballai.t...@...> wrote: > > While your code is technically correct (thus it works), since you are > changing a [Bindable] property your compiled code will dispatch > tempArray.length change events as you iterate through the tempArray. > > You can simply assign the event.result value to arrayDP. > > [Bindable] > public var arrayDP:Array; > > private function getDataListener(event:ResultEvent):void{ > arrayDP=event.result as Array; > } > > > or alternatively: > > [Bindable(event="DPChange")] > public var arrayDP:Array; > > private function getDataListener(event:ResultEvent):void{ > var tempArray:Array = event.result as Array; > > for (var i:int = 0; i < tempArray.length - 1; i++) { > arrayDP.push( {name:tempArray[i].name,id:tempArray[i].task_id}); > } > dispatchEvent(new Event("DPChange")); > } > > Use the [Bindable(event="DPChange")] metadata tag, where you are telling the > compiler that you'll be dispatching the change event, and dispatch it once > you've iterated through the result array. > This might be helpful if you want to do client side processing on the data > before displaying it. > > > Tibor. > > --- In [email protected], "steveb805" <quantumcheesedog@> wrote: > > > > The solution was actually just to stay with the original idea of mine to > > keep the dataProvider of the menu as an Array. > > > > In the result handler, basically I need to manually create A.S. objects > > with the fields I want. > > > > -------------------------------- > > > > [Bindable] > > public var arrayDP:Array = new Array(); > > > > private function getDataListener(event:ResultEvent):void { > > var tempArray:Array = event.result as Array; > > > > for (var i:int = 0; i < tempArray.length - 1; i++) { > > arrayDP.push( {name:tempArray[i].name,id:tempArray[i].task_id}); > > > > } > > > > -------------------------------- > > > > Hopefully this is an aid to someone else. > > > > ( If I'm wrong and need to go to Walmart to purchase a clue, let me know > > though, but the popupbutton works now ) > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "steveb805" <quantumcheesedog@> wrote: > > > > > > I've been trying like heck to get data returned from AMF Remoting and use > > > it for the data provider for a popUpButton. This data is from MySQL, > > > just regular text fields/int fields, etc.. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > public var dataXML :XMLListCollection; // the data provider > > > > > > private function getDataListener(event:ResultEvent):void > > > { > > > var xmlResult:XMLList = new XMLList(event.result); > > > dataXML = new XMLListCollection( xmlResult.children()); > > > } > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > My grasp of xml is kind of iffy, so I got mixed up while reading the Flex > > > docs on xml. > > > > > > Is this the preferred way of getting back the data. > > > Steve > > > > > >
