> Generic form>> > var item:String = xmlLC.getItemAt(i).collectionID; ?? >
Try this var item:String = xmlLC.getItemAt(i)["collectionID"]; --- In [email protected], Angelo Anolin <angelo_ano...@...> wrote: > > Actually, the dpID is different for each xmllistcollection being passed. > > For example, for an xmllistcollection consisting of Orders, I might have to > need the OrderID, which I am accessing, and it goes on for another > xmllistcollection of States, where on that collection, I might have to access > StatesID. > > To give further clarification, > > say I have two combo boxes, cmbTeams and cmbCoach. the dataprovider for > cmbTeams is xmllcTeams and for cmbCoach is xmllcCoach. > > I want a generic function such that I would be able to set the selectedItem > for each Combo Box instead of writing two. > > private function SetComboBoxSelectedItem(itemToSelect:String, > xmlLC:XMLListCollection, cmb:ComboBox, collectionID:String) > > Since the collectionID for the xmllcTeams is TeamID, then that is the value > which I pass as collectionID in the function. For the xmllcCoach, it would > be the CoachID. > > > so what comes now is that when I want to call the function, the collectionID > is represented by the actual ID which to match in the data provider. > > For the xmllcTeams > var item:String = xmlLC.getItemAt(i).TeamID > > For the xmllcCoach > var item:String = xmlLC.getItemAt(i).CoachID > > > Generic form>> > var item:String = xmlLC.getItemAt(i).collectionID; ?? > > Thanks. > > > > ________________________________ > From: gareth_arch <gareth_a...@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, 19 May, 2010 10:34:35 > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Generic Function To Set ComboBox Item > > > Don't you access properties in an XMLListCollection differently than in an > ArrayCollection? > > So rather than... > var item:String = dataProv.getItemAt(i).dpID; > it would be > var item:String = dataProv.getItemAt(i)....@dpid; > > Try doing a debug of your code and see what is being returned also. > > --- In [email protected], Angelo Anolin <angelo_anolin@> wrote: > > > > Hi FlexCoders, > > > > I would want to create a generic function to be able to set a ComboBox item. > > > > The function I have goes like this: > > > > private function selectComboItem(itemID:String, dataProv:XMLListCollection, > > cmb:ComboBox, dpID:String) :void > > { > > for (var i:int = 0; i< dataProv.length; i++) > > { > > var item:String = dataProv.getItemAt(i).dpID; > > > > if(itemID == item) > > { > > cmb.selectedIndex = i; > > break; > > } > > } > > } > > > > dpID is the data item in the XML List collection which should match the > > passed itemID. But I can't seem to get properly the item. > > > > Any suggestions highly appreciated. Thanks. > > >
