Tim
as always the credit goes to you. i'll have a look at trying it with
a custom event as you described.
regards
bod
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Hoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 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 flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "bhaq1972" <mbhaque@> 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 flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "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 flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "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 flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "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 flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "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
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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