Thanks for the kind words Collin. Sorry that I missed the @ sign. But as Tracy says, "the advice comes with a money back guarantee." I'm glad that you got the answer that you were looking for. btw, e4x is covered in the help docs.
-TH --- In [email protected], "Collin Peters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The point is the when I use a <label> sub-node it DOES work. From what I > read on the internet I shouldn't have to have a sub-node, hence the point of > my email. Oh, and I also do have 'labelField="label"' even though that is > the Flex default and not required unless you want to change the name of the > label field. > > Collin > > On 12/26/06, Tim Hoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Collin, > > > > Your problem may be that you have an attribute and a node both > > named "label". Not sure if this will help, but I don't see the > > labelField property set for your comboBox. > > > > <mx:ComboBox id="types" width="200" > > dataProvider="{config_xml.types.type}" > > labelField="label"/> > > > > If that doesn't work, maybe try using a different name for the extra > > node. > > > > -TH > > > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com>, "Collin > > Peters" <cpeters@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > I have a problem populating a combobox from XML using data binding. > > > > > > The XML is as follows: > > > <types> > > > <type event_type_id="1" label="General" /> > > > <type event_type_id="2" label="Tanning" /> > > > <type event_type_id="3" label="Tennis" > > > > <label>bar</label> > > > </type> > > > </types> > > > > > > The third <type> is different cause it is a point in my problem. > > My > > > combobox is: > > > <mx:ComboBox id="types" width="200" > > dataProvider="{config_xml.types.type}" /> > > > > > > Every sample I have found tell me that this should work with the > > > attributes from XML. However, the entries in the combobox are > > showing > > > up blank, though there are three entries. If I put in a <label> > > child > > > then it does show up. I'm wondering what piece I am missing in > > order > > > to properly use the attributes from the XML to populate the > > combobox > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Collin Peters > > > Lead Software Developer > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Collin Peters > Lead Software Developer >
