use an arrayCollection as the dataProvider for all your controls,
you can easily manipulate and bind the data that resides in the
model (preferably modelLocator).
TH
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djbrown_rotonews"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I've got the following GUI component that updates a value inside
an
> mx:Model I've defined:
>
> <mx:ComboBox x="625" y="0" id="cbStartTime" rowCount="10"
> dataProvider="{hours.hour}"
> change="timeRange.STARTTIME=cbStartTime.selectedItem.data"/>
>
> I'm in the process of adding a <mx:Repeater> construct around one
of
> my GUI panels that contains about 4 ComboBoxes (including the one
> above) and a 20-column DataGrid. I'm not able to drill-down as
> before (cbStartTime.selectedItem.data has no meaning when using a
> Repeater apparently. Likewise, my relative positioning of GUI
> components (where the x of the current is based on the right edge
of
> the previous component) won't work for similiar reasons).
>
> I need the GUI "replicated" n number of times for n different
views
> based on a selection from a check box elsewhere in the GUI, so I
> think using a Repeater is the way to go, but how do I access
> specific values (like x, selectedIndex, etc..) of the "current"
> component being repeated?
>
> I wrapped my GUI component (a panel with many sub-components) as
> follows:
>
> <mx:TabNavigator width="100%" height="100%" >
> <mx:Repeater id="rp" dataProvider="{mockStations}">
> <mx:Canvas width="100%" height="100%" label="{rp.currentItem}"
> id="sta1">
>
> where mockStations is just a 3-length array of Strings. I didn't
> have any luck with a similiar construct where I could drill-down
> using rp.currentItem to get access to the values I need.
>
> Also, I get a compile-time error about implicit coercion between
> data types when I use my old DataGridColumn stuff along with a
> Repeater as well.
>
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