It looks like you are setting the status on the change in the drop down list
but not casting it. Is that your issue? The change handler does not seem
attached - what is triggering it? When you debug it - what are the contents of
the drop down list data provider?
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On Feb 5, 2012, at 8:31 AM, "hermeszfineart" <hermeszfine...@comcast.net> wrote:
> I have been trying to migrate certain form fields from <s:TextInput/> to
> <s:DropDownList/> where the DB columns have foreign keys to different tables
> (i.e. Status, Categories, Dimensions) so the user does not need to type the
> values. When I attempt to update the DB record it populates the field with
> "[object Status]". This implementation is primarily for the back office
> management of the application but some of this type of functionallity will be
> used to drive the front end as well in the future.
>
> I know I must be missing something very simple so any help is appreciated.
>
> Here is the applicable code:
>
> <fx:Script>
>
> <![CDATA[
>
> import mx.binding.utils.BindingUtils;
>
> import mx.collections.IList;
>
> importmx.collections.errors.ItemPendingError;
>
> import mx.controls.Alert;
>
> import mx.events.FlexEvent;
>
> import mx.rpc.AsyncResponder;
>
> import mx.rpc.AsyncToken;
>
> import mx.rpc.Fault;
>
> import mx.rpc.events.FaultEvent;
>
> import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
>
> import spark.events.GridItemEditorEvent;
>
> import spark.events.GridSelectionEvent;
>
> import spark.events.IndexChangeEvent;
>
> import valueObjects.Categories;
>
> import valueObjects.Dimensions;
>
> import valueObjects.Editions;
>
> import valueObjects.Mediums;
>
> import valueObjects.Status;
>
> import valueObjects.Styles;
>
> import valueObjects.Subjects;
>
> [Bindable] private var _selectedStatus:String = "Available" ;
>
> private function statusChanged(event:IndexChangeEvent):void{
>
> if (event.newIndex == -1) return;
>
> _selectedStatus = statusList.getItemAt(event.newIndex) as String;
>
> }
>
> protected function button_clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void{
>
> originals.inventoryno = inventorynoTextInput.text;
>
> originals.title = titleTextInput.text;
>
> originals.price = priceTextInput.text;
>
> originals.status = _selectedStatus; // Original version -- originals.status =
> statusTextInput.text:
>
> originals.category = categoryTextInput.text;
>
> // Output omitted
>
> if (originals.originalid==0){
>
> createOriginalResult.token = artServices.createOriginal(originals);
>
> }
>
> else{
>
> updateOriginalResult.token = artServices.updateOriginal(originals);
>
> }
>
> }
>
> ]]>
>
> </fx:Script>
>
> <fx:Declarations>
>
> <s:AsyncListView id="statusList" list="{getAllArtStatusResult.lastResult}"/>
> <!-- DataProvider -->
>
> </fx:Declarations>
>
> <!-- output omitted for brevity -->
>
> <s:FormItem label="Status" styleName="formLabel">
>
> <s:TextInput id="statusTextInput" styleName="formContent"
> text="{originals.status}"/> <!-- this is one of the fields I am trying to
> replace -->
>
> <s:DropDownList id="dropDownStatusList"
>
> labelField="status" styleName="formContent"
> skinClass="CustomSkins.CustomDropDownListSkin" dataProvider="{statusList}"
> prompt="{originals.status}"
>
> change="{_selectedStatus = dropDownStatusList.selectedItem}"
> creationComplete="dropDownList_creationCompleteHandler(event)"
>
> symbolColor="#FFFFFF" borderColor="#c3c3c3" width="157" color="#000000">
>
> </s:DropDownList>
>
> </s:FormItem>
>
>
