I have some code which lets you call a function on focus out or enter for every changed item and then do post processing...but its far too big to post and not sure how to put it on the yahoo group...
Web Admin FlexDownloads.com --- In [email protected], "jamesfin" <james.alan.finni...@...> wrote: > > > > Here's what I've done in the past... > > // add this in your init code... > myDataGrid.addEventListener(ListEvent.ITEM_EDIT_END, editEnd); > > > > private function editEnd(evt:DataGridEvent):void{ > > // get a reference to the datagrid > var grid:DataGrid = evt.target as DataGrid; > > // get a reference to the name of the property in the > // underlying object corresponding to the cell that's being edited > var field:String = evt.dataField; > > // get a reference to the row number (the index in the > // dataprovider of the row that's being edited) > var row:Number = Number(evt.rowIndex); > > // get a reference to the column number of > // the cell that's being edited > var col:int = evt.columnIndex; > > > if (grid != null){ > > var oldValue:String = String(grid.dataProvider.getItemAt(row)[field]); > > var newValue:String = > String(grid.itemEditorInstance[grid.columns[col].editorDataField]); > > var rowData:XML = XML(grid.dataProvider.getItemAt(row)[0]); > > // check if the value has changed > if (newValue == oldValue){ > // nothing has changed... > return; > } > > > // something has changed... > // do something... > // you could prevent the change if you want > // or do some validation > // or just return and the data move on to the dp. > } > > } > > > --- In [email protected], Dan Pride <danielpride@> wrote: > > > > Looking for suggestions on how to approach an issue. > > > > I want to write a function to compare the current value of a text field > > with the value of the field in the selected row of the dataGrid. I want to > > use the function as a focus-out handler on every text input. > > > > Obviously I don't want to rewrite this for each and every field but I did > > not see a functional similarity to a pointer in actionscript or did I just > > miss it? > > > > This is for the awesome Flashbuilder 4,... I have a text input for every > > field in the value object and want to compare each to the selectedItem for > > the dataGrid and kick some stuff if it does not match. > > Thanks > > Dan Pride > > >
