--- In [email protected], "Doug Lowder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Change the model property referenced by the ArrayCollection source > to "animalList.pet" and specify it as an array (an Object is > returned when there is only a single item), and it should work: > > <mx:ArrayCollection id="anListAC" > source="{ [ animalList.pet ] }"/> >
Uh oh, if there is only one pet in the file it works with the brackets []. If there is more than one pet it doesn't work unless you take them away.. what's going on here? > > --- In [email protected], "Burnham, Christina" > <christina.burnham@> wrote: > > > > I'm learning Flex 2 and I'm trying to get this example to work and > I'm > > about to give up. My datagrid comes up empty. It works fine when > I hard > > code the data in an array inside a datarovider within the > mx:DataGrid > > tags I also tried putting the DataGridColumns inside of Array > tags. No > > joy, nothing but empty datagrid. > > > > I'm running on XP using IE and using Flex 2 in the Eclipse IDE. > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > > layout="absolute"> > > <mx:Model id="animalList" source="pets.xml"> > > </mx:Model> > > <mx:ArrayCollection id="anListAC" > > source="{animalList.animals.pet}"/> > > <mx:DataGrid x="75" y="98" dataProvider = "{anListAC}"> > > <mx:columns> > > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Type" > dataField="anType"/> > > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Name" > dataField="anName"/> > > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Living" > > dataField="anLiving"/> > > </mx:columns> > > </mx:DataGrid> > > </mx:Application> > > > > This is the XML file: > > > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > > <animals> > > <pet> > > <anType>Cat</anType> > > <anName>GoldenBoy</anName> > > <anLiving>Yes</anLiving> > > </pet> > > </animals> > > > > Thanks in advance > > Christina > > >
