[flexcoders] Re: Generate Flex Forms on the fly

[Anthony DeBonis]

I just coded something like this - a adhoc custom form builder.
I store the form definition in XML like xforms and at runtime I use
the xml to create a Flex from on the fly.  

Create a empty <mx:form> tag with a ID

For each element in your xml create a form item (& control) and do a
addChild() to the form… in a loop.

I created a object w/ create methods for each type of control + added
grid to layout the form for the special need I had…

Hope this helps,

Anthony

Example:
for each (var fld:XML in lvl.fld)
                        {
                                //New row in grid for each control
                                var gridRow:GridRow =new GridRow();
                                var gridItem:GridItem=new GridItem();
                                var itemSpacer:Spacer = new Spacer();
                                itemSpacer.width=curLevelNum * INDENT_LEVEL;
                                gridItem.addChild(itemSpacer);
                                
                                //create each form control      
                                createField(fld,gridItem);              
                                
                                gridRow.addChild(gridItem);
                                mainGrid.addChild(gridRow);                     
                        }