you have to define the labelField when binding to
dataProvider that has no "label" field.
<mx:ComboBox id="cbEdition" labelField="myItem"
dataProvider="{
xmlEdition.lastResult.action.item}" />
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Mark Bjærgager wrote:
> Being a newbie at Flex2 (and AS) I am trying to populate a combobox with
> specific values from a HTTPService.
>
> The xml is retrieved and the datagrid works fine, but the combobox dont
> display the data.
> What I'd like is to have {title} as label and {edition} as value - later I
> will be using the selected value as a parameter for a new http call.
>
> Any help will be really appreciated.
>
> thanks,
> Mark
>
> Here's my code :
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <!-- Simple example to demonstrate the HTTPService tag. -->
> <mx:Application xmlns:mx=" http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
> creationComplete="xmlEdition.send();">
> <mx:HTTPService
> id="xmlEdition"
> url=" http://flex2.dk/mark/xml/ddt/xmlEdition.xml";
> useProxy="false"
> showBusyCursor="true" />
> <mx:Panel title="DDT" height="95%" width="95%"
> paddingTop="10" paddingBottom="10" paddingLeft="10"
> paddingRight="10">
> <mx:DataGrid id="dgPosts" height="50%" width="75%"
> dataProvider="{xmlEdition.lastResult.action.item}">
> <mx:columns>
> <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Posts" dataField="edition"/>
> <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Date" dataField="title"/>
> </mx:columns>
> </mx:DataGrid>
> <mx:ComboBox id="cbEdition" dataProvider="{
> xmlEdition.lastResult.action.item}" />
> </mx:Panel>
> </mx:Application>
>
