Yeah, My gut feeling was that calling the dataprovider assignment statement again was going to do the trick at the very least. I'll just use that since it definitely works - I guess I wanted to hear that particular option spoken from someone else. Thanks.
--- In [email protected], "tiborballai" <ballai.t...@...> wrote: > > Hi Steve, > > invalidateList() tells the component that it needs to refresh it's rows on > the next update, but that doesn't mean that the component will reload it's > data. > > You'll either have to use databinding, or update the templateMenu's > dataprovider property once you make changes to arrayDP. > > with databiding: > You'll have to use the [Bindable] metadata tag when declaring arrayDP. > > [Bindable] > private var arrayDP:Array; > > and use BindingUtils to set the dataprovider: > BindingUtils.bindProperty(templateMenu, "dataprovider", this, "arrayDP"); > > > or, each time you change arrayDP, you can re-assign it as the templateMenu's > dataprovider. > > Hope this helps, > > Tibor. > www.tiborballai.com > > --- In [email protected], "steveb805" <quantumcheesedog@> wrote: > > > > Hi, actually I don't think that's supported for arrays, only > > arraycollections. It was my original code, but when running the app, you > > get a runtime error that refresh is not a function. Thanks though. > > > > --- In [email protected], "invertedspear" <invertedspear@> wrote: > > > > > > I don't think I've done what you described before, but I think you should > > > try refreshing the dataprovider. "arrayDP.refresh();" > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "steveb805" <quantumcheesedog@> wrote: > > > > > > > > invalidateList is invalidating my mood ... no it's not that bad. > > > > > > > > I have a popUpButton: > > > > > > > > templateMenu = new Menu(); // global var > > > > templateMenu.labelField = "name"; > > > > templateMenu.dataProvider = arrayDP; > > > > templateMenu.selectedIndex = 0; > > > > templateMenu.showRoot = true; > > > > templatePopUpButton.popUp = templateMenu; > > > > > > > > > > > > Occassionally, I do an arrayDP.push(some object); > > > > > > > > I'd like the popUp's menu to immediately show this new item. > > > > > > > > I tried templateMenu.invalidateList(), but this is not working. > > > > > > > > The flash develop doc/hint says that invalidateList: "refresh all rows > > > > on the next update" > > > > > > > > How do you force the "next update". Is it invalidateDisplayList()? I > > > > tried that, adding it after invalidateList, but that didn't work. > > > > > > > > eager to be enlightened, > > > > Thanks, > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > > >
