Hey Chris. Sorry about that, I didnt realize you were using xml as your datasource nor did I realize you were working with dates.
Using xml you could convert your xml object into an XML List and then use the sort methods I outlined. But working with dates can make it tricky. On a flex 1.5 app I had to work on we had to change the format of the date data that was returned so it was in the format of YYYYMMDD that way it actually sorted correctly. Cant say I have tried to sort dates in flex 2. thats something I would hope might have been updated. good luck. simeon On 1/9/07, Chris MacGregor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Anyone, I'm still having trouble getting my head around the way FLEX handles XML objects. Here's my issue, I'm consuming an XML document with a years worth of historical stock prices for a HLOCChart. The data comes into the FLEX in reverse chronological order with the dates in the format 'month/day/year' (e.g. '12/29/2006' or '1/3/2006'). I've tried the sort functions Simeon pointed me to, but they're not applicable to the date being formatted this way (because in this format November (11) and December (12) are between January (1) and February(2) ). What I need to do is essentially 'flip' the order of the nodes so my chart can display with the oldest date on the left and the most recent on the right. I can't seem to apply a 'reverse()' method to the XML because it's not an Array and I can't figure out how to make the dates 'real' dates. The Flex documentation is as obscure on this matter too. I would think that this would be an easy solution, but I can't seem to find it. Frustration is setting in. Any thoughts on techniques I should try? Chris
