sorry, i meant
var item:String = xmlLC.getItemAt(i)[collectionID];
--- In [email protected], "bhaq1972" <mbha...@...> wrote:
>
> > Generic form>>
> > var item:String = xmlLC.getItemAt(i).collectionID; ??
> >
>
> Try this
>
> var item:String = xmlLC.getItemAt(i)["collectionID"];
>
>
>
>
> --- In [email protected], Angelo Anolin <angelo_anolin@> 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_arch@>
> > 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.
> > >
> >
>
