Bingo! that did it!
the final solution, in my example, is:
text="{myDataProvider.getItemAt(0).name}"
thanks for your help, Oleg, and to everyone who contributed to the conversation.
best,
Mark
--- In [email protected], Oleg Sivokon <olegsivo...@...> wrote:
>
> Hi, I think square brackets may be an obstacle here. I think they didn't
> always work, or maybe they don't work even now? Anyways, if that's an array
> collection, you'd better use getItemAt() and if that's an XML or XMLList,
> you'd be better of with the XML / XMLList methods corresponding to what you
> wanted to do (like child(), children() and so on).
> Also, "data" is often times used in the framework for instances of Object,
> which is not bindable because it is not an IEvetnDispatcher. Check that
> option too.
>
