If it were me, I would subclass DataGridColumn and add the labelfunction to the subclass. Then it has the DGC’s context like dataField to work with.
On 4/16/10 7:40 AM, "valdhor" <[email protected]> wrote: If it were me, I would use an item renderer. --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , Angelo Anolin <angelo_ano...@...> wrote: > > Hi Amy, > > But as you can see in the function, I am specifying the Datafieldname from > the object which was passed. > > How can I make it more generic so that I can re-use it in other datagrid > columns? I hope you could provide some samples. thanks. > > Angelo > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Amy <amyblankens...@...> > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Fri, 19 March, 2010 9:13:38 > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Reuse a LabelFunction > >  > > > --- In flexcod...@yahoogro ups.com, Angelo Anolin <angelo_anolin@ ...> wrote: > > > > Hi FlexCoders, > > > > I have created a labelfunction which I use in my datagrid to format the > > display value. > > > > <mx:DateFormatter id="df" formatString= "DD/MM/YYYY" /> > > > > And this is the AS function > > private function labelFunctionTest( itm:Object, col:DataGridColumn) :String > > { > >    return df.format(itm. DataFieldNamefor Col1); > > } > > > > Is there a way so that I could reuse the same label function to other > > datagrid columns? As you can see from the script above, I am only using > > the function to Col1 for the datagrid. How would I be able to specify the > > datafield if I am going to reuse the same with other datagrid columns? > > That is what the DataGridColumn parameter is for. Look at its dataField > property. > > HTH; > > Amy > -- Alex Harui Flex SDK Team Adobe System, Inc. http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
