Absolutely, That sample, at the time, was designed to illustrate itemRenderers. The better way to do it, would be to dispatch custom events. Glad that it got you moving in the right direction; to come up with a better solution.
Cool, -TH --- In [email protected], "bhaq1972" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I found a way to make it generic. all i did was implement > IDropInListItemRenderer (code below). > > so now u can have > > <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="any" itemRenderer="myCheckBox"/> > <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="name" itemRenderer="myCheckBox"/> > <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="you" itemRenderer="myCheckBox"/> > <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="like" itemRenderer="myCheckBox"/> > <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="focusIn" itemRenderer="myCheckBox"/> > > you can replace the following code > if(data.focusIn) > checkbox1.selected = data.focusIn; > if(data.any) > checkbox1.selected = data.any; > etc > > instead u can do > > var myListData:DataGridListData = DataGridListData(listData); > var myDataField:String = myListData.dataField; > > checkbox1.selected = data[myDataField]; > > > MyCheckBox > ---------- > <mx:HBox implements="mx.controls.listClasses.IDropInListItemRenderer" > preinitialize ="initTA();" horizontalAlign="center"> > > <mx:Script> > // Internal variable for the property value. > private var _listData:BaseListData; > > // Make the listData property bindable. > [Bindable("dataChange")] > > // Define the getter method. > public function get listData():BaseListData > { > return _listData; > } > > // Define the setter method, > public function set listData(value:BaseListData):void > { > _listData = value; > } > > public function initTA():void > { > this.addEventListener("dataChange", handleDataChanged); > } > > public function handleDataChanged(event:Event):void > { > // Cast listData to DataGridListData. > var myListData:DataGridListData = DataGridListData (listData); > var myDataField:String = myListData.dataField; > > checkbox1.selected = data[myDataField]; > } > </mx:Script> > > <mx:CheckBox id="checkBox1" /> > > </mx:HBox> > > > --- In [email protected], "bhaq1972" <mbhaque@> wrote: > > > > thanks for the input guys. But i have one issue. > > > > In your example Tim, your checkbox item renderer is binding onto > > the 'followUp' property of the dataProvider. > > eg > > > > <mx:CheckBox id="cbFollowUp" selected="{data.followUp}"/> > > > > 'followUp' is the name of your dgcolumn dataField. So wouldn't it > be > > better and more generic if you could do > > > > <mx:CheckBox id="cbFollowUp" selected="{data.dataField}"/> > > > > i'm applying this renderer across many datagrids and the dataField > > name isn't the same. > > > > regards > > > > Bod > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Tim Hoff" <TimHoff@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > In addition to Ben's example for the label, here's a sample for > the > > > selected value: > > > > > > http://www.cflex.net/showfiledetails.cfm? > > ChannelID=1&Object=File&objectI\ > > > D=443 > > > <http://www.cflex.net/showfiledetails.cfm? > > ChannelID=1&Object=File&object\ > > > ID=443> > > > > > > -TH > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "ben.clinkinbeard" > > > <ben.clinkinbeard@> wrote: > > > > > > > > <mx:HBox xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > > > > horizontalAlign="center" > > > > > > > > <mx:CheckBox id="checkbox1" label="data.myLabelField" /> > > > > > > > > </mx:HBox> > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "bhaq1972" mbhaque@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > i have a checkbox renderer like this. > > > > > > > > > > <mx:HBox xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > > > > > horizontalAlign="center" > > > > > > > > > > <mx:CheckBox id="checkbox1"/> > > > > > > > > > > </mx:HBox> > > > > > > > > > > How do i get access to the DataGridColumn its being > referenced > > in ie > > > > > > > > > > <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="col1" > > itemRenderer="myCheckBox" /> > > > > > > > > > > i want to access the dataField. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > regards > > > > > Bod > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- 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/
