You could try making the content of your repeater into a separate class (let's call it a 'renderer'). Then in your repeater, you just pass the data object into the renderer. In the renderer class, you can bind to whatever you want (since you have the correct data object class specified - not Object.
--- In [email protected], slangeberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ha, now that you mention it, I am getting a warning on one of my repeaters. > It's a binding warning, but not same as yours... > > -Scott > > On 2/15/07, shelleybrowning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Scott, > > > > I was writting a lenthly response as to different things I've tried > > and still getting the warning. I decided to try an example from the > > docs by Adobe. I get a 'warning' from their example as well. > > > > It seems that warning is just stating that the data is bound to the > > repater and not the object within the repeater. > > > > The following example returns: > > > > warning: unable to bind to property 'name' on class 'Object' (class > > is not an IEventDispatcher) > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <mx:Application > > xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > > > > viewSourceURL="src/RepeaterStatic2/index.html" > > width="285" height="185" > > > > > <!-- > > This is a static data model but you could just as > > easily bind to dynamically loaded data. > > --> > > <mx:ArrayCollection id="productsAC"> > > > > <mx:Object name="Whirlygig" price="5" freeship="false"/> > > <mx:Object name="Tilty Thingy" price="15" freeship="true"/> > > > > <mx:Object name="Really Big Blocks" price="25" > > freeship="true"/> > > </mx:ArrayCollection> > > > > <mx:Panel > > title="Repeater: emulating a for..in loop" > > paddingBottom="10" paddingLeft="10" paddingRight="10" > > paddingTop="10" > > > > > > > > > <mx:Repeater id="productsRepeater" > > dataProvider="{productsAC}"> > > <mx:RadioButton > > id="buttonsArray" > > label="{productsRepeater.currentItem.name}" > > > > /> > > </mx:Repeater> > > > > </mx:Panel> > > </mx:Application> > > > > I'm going to move on for now... thanks for the response! > > > > Shelley > > > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > > slangeberg <slangeberg@> wrote: > > > > > > Throw a cast in each one: > > > > > > personID="{YourClassThatHasPersonIDAndOtherDesiredProperties( > > > employee.currentItem).PersonID}" > > > > > > It's giving you that warning because 'employee.currentItem' is a > > POO (plain > > > ol' Object). > > > > > > I'm doing the same thing on current project, and instead of > > setting all > > > those properties, my component in the repeater has a VO that it > > binds to, > > > internally, so I do something like: > > > > > > <mx:Repeater id="employee" dataProvider="{directReportCollection}"> > > > <v:employeeElement > > > itemVO="{ItemVO(employee.currentIndex)}" > > > ... > > > /> > > > </mx:Repeater> > > > > > > As long as directReportCollection is collection of ItemVO's (or > > whatever), > > > you're golden. Then, your empEl can get all those properties off > > ItemVO, > > > which has a nice, tidy interface defined... > > > > > > ;) Scott > > > > > > On 2/15/07, shelleybrowning <shelleybrowning@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I have an application that uses the repeater to create multiple > > > > instances of a custom mxml component (employeeElement). > > > > > > > > <mx:Repeater id="employee" > > dataProvider="{directReportCollection}"> > > > > <v:employeeElement > > > > itemNum="{employee.currentIndex}" > > > > hasDirectReports="{employee.currentItem.Manager}" > > > > employeeName="{employee.currentItem.FullName}" > > > > jobTitle="{employee.currentItem.JobTitle}" > > > > personID="{employee.currentItem.PersonID}" > > > > personUUID="{employee.currentItem.PersonUUID}" > > > > numDirectReports="{numDirectReports}" > > > > asgUUID="{employee.currentItem.asgUUID}" > > > > dakDB="{dakDB}" > > > > isDirectReport="true" > > > > goDownHeirarchy="goDownHeirarchy(event)"/> > > > > </mx:Repeater> > > > > > > > > The dataProvider for the repeater is directReportCollection > > which is > > > > an ArrayCollection that has been declared as bindable. > > > > > > > > I'm getting the following warning when the code runs. The > > > > employeeElements are rendered. But I don't like not undertanding > > > > why the warning is being posted. Or want this to come back and > > bite > > > > me later... > > > > > > > > Here is the warning: > > > > warning: unable to bind to property 'PersonUUID' on > > class 'Object' > > > > (class is not an IEventDispatcher) > > > > warning: unable to bind to property 'FullName' on class 'Object' > > > > (class is not an IEventDispatcher) > > > > warning: unable to bind to property 'Manager' on class 'Object' > > > > (class is not an IEventDispatcher) > > > > warning: unable to bind to property 'PersonID' on class 'Object' > > > > (class is not an IEventDispatcher) > > > > warning: unable to bind to property 'asgUUID' on class 'Object' > > > > (class is not an IEventDispatcher) > > > > warning: unable to bind to property 'JobTitle' on class 'Object' > > > > (class is not an IEventDispatcher) > > > > > > > > repeating for each instance of the component within the repeater. > > > > > > > > I double/triple checked that everything was declared as bindable > > > > within the custom component as well as the collection array. I > > > > imported IEventDispatcher into the custom component, but that > > didn't > > > > do anything. > > > > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > PS: using Flex 2.0.1 and this code is within a module. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Shelley Browning > > > > Intermountain Healthcare > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > : : ) Scott > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > : : ) Scott >
