RE: [flexcoders] Flex Formatters

[Gordon Smith]

They don't have an unformat method because in general formatting isn't a two-way operation. For example, if you format a Date object you might want the 5/12/2006 part but not the 5:41:15pm part. You can't get the original Date back because you've thrown away information.   The point of a labelFunction in a list-based component is that what you see displayed on screen can be different from what is in your dataProvider items. So  to "unformat",  couldn't you just remove the labelFunction and have the underlying data displayed?   - Gordon   From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Valy Sivec Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 12:25 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Flex Formatters   Hello, I was wondering why formatters don't have an unformat method. do they?. I have an editable grid and the users want to have excel like formatting and it seems foolish to me trying to unformat the data once formatted.... Any help? Am I missing something here?. Thanks, Valy New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.