This throws an error.
"Cannot convert [EMAIL PROTECTED] to mx.chart.series.items.LineSeriesItem"
/////////Start of datatipcode///////////////////////////
private function formatDataTip(hitData:HitData):String{
var months:String = LineSeriesItem(hitData.item).yValue;
var name:String = hitData.item.toString();
var revenue:Number = hitData.item.revenue;
return "<b>"+name+"</b><br>"+months+"<br>"+cf.format(revenue);
}
//////////////////End datatip code////////////////
Any suggestions?
--- In [email protected], "Ely Greenfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> LineSeriesItem(hitData.item).yValue
>
> Ely.
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of jnewport
> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 12:35 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Format a datatip.
>
>
>
> I tried that, but didn't work correctly.
>
> LineSeries.(hitData.element).yField. which gave me the State name,
> but it won't give me the amount, which is what I am trying to get to
> do format.
>
> I have been trying to use chartItem, but no success. Flex can get me
> all the data on its own with the showDataTips=true, so it knows how to
> get the data out of my ArrayCollection. I just want to be able to get
> at what Flex knows.
>
> I need to get at what showDataTips is doing when set to True.
>
> Anyone know what it is?
>
> --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> , "Mehdi, Agha" <Agha.Mehdi@> wrote:
> >
> > J,
> >
> > Try event.hitData.element.yField/.xField
> >
> > Agha Mehdi
> > IDT - eBusiness Program Manager
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> ] On
> > Behalf Of jnewport
> > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 9:11 AM
> > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [flexcoders] Format a datatip.
> >
> > I was wondering how to format a datatip for a LineChart. If I use
> > showDataTips everything looks good but the amounts are not formatted
> > to $##,###. I have created an ArrayCollection that looks like the
> > following.
> >
> > private var expensesAC:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
> > { Month: "Jan", Texas: 2000, Utah: 1500, Kansas: 450 },
> > { Month: "Feb", Texas: 1000, Utah: 200, Kansas: 600 },
> > { Month: "Mar", Texas: 1500, Utah: 500, Kansas: 300 },
> > { Month: "Apr", Texas: 1800, Utah: 1200, Kansas: 900 },
> > { Month: "May", Texas: 2400, Utah: 575, Kansas: 500 } ]);
> >
> > I have tried to use cf.format(); on the data before its put into the
> > ArrayCollection, which works so I get something like this.
> >
> > private var expensesAC:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
> > { Month: "Jan", Texas: $2,000, Utah: $1,500, Kansas: $450 },
> >
> > But then Flex won't plot the data....guessing it doesn't like the "$".
>
> >
> >
> > So I am trying to use a function like this
> >
> > private function formatDataTip(hitData:HitData):String {
> > var month:String = hitData.item.DONTKNOWWHATSHOULDGOHERE
> >
> > but I don't know what should come after item. I have tried to do a
> > trace(hitData.item.toString), but I get object object. Is there a way
> > to trace out whats in the hitData.item?
> >
> > J
> >
> >
> >
> >
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