Thank you. Much appreciated. John
-----Original Message----- From: ericonanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 22 July 2006 12:59 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Populating ComboBox from Model/XML Hi, here is something that works, if you know cold fusion then create a cfc that has the data you want and call it from a webservice, other wise populate an xml file and call that. Step one; Create xml file - name it mydata.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <obj> <item> <label>AL</label> <data>Montgomery</data> </item> <item> <label>AK</label> <data>Juneau</data> </item> <item> <label>AR</label> <data>Little Rock</data> </item> </obj> Step two; copy and paste this code into flex builder <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; layout="absolute"> <mx:XML id="xmlData" source="myData.xml" format="e4x" /> <mx:Panel layout="absolute" title="States" left="5" top="5" bottom="5" right="5"> <mx:ComboBox dataProvider="{xmlData.item.label}" left="5" top="20"/> <mx:ComboBox dataProvider="{xmlData.item.data}" left="150" top="20" /> </mx:Panel> </mx:Application> The file myData.xml is used to populate the combo boxes >From one newbie to another. Hope this helps Eric --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "John Mazzocchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, newbie question here ... just learning. I'm using Flex 2. There seem to be numerous errors and typos in the Adobe Flex Help files/PDFs and I'm hitting a snag here ... > > What I'd like to do, to begin with, is to populate a ComboBox from an external XML file. The section in the help files called "Populating a ComboBox control using variables and models" seems pertinent, but the second part of example doesn't work. > > The relevant code is this ... > > <mx:Model id="myDP"> > <obj> > <item label="AL" data="Montgomery"/> > <item> > <label>AK</label> > <data>Juneau</data> > </item> > <item> > <label>AR</label> > <data>Little Rock</data> > </item> > </obj> > </mx:Model> > > <mx:ArrayCollection id="stateAC" source="{myDP.obj.item}"/> > > <mx:ComboBox dataProvider="{stateAC}"/> > > Should I be using XML or XMLList instead? Later I'd like to have the dataProvider be from an external source (HTTPService or WebService), but I can't even get this simpler code to work. Any help appreciated. Thanks. > > > This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This email may contain personal information of individuals, and be subject to Commonwealth and/or State privacy laws in Australia. This email is also subject to copyright. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not read, print, store, copy, forward or use this email for any reason, in accordance with privacy and copyright laws. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender by return email, and delete this email from your inbox. > -- 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 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- 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 <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
