Nope - same results. I think the <mx:Binding> is causing the weird behavior. If I take it out, I can type numbers with decimals in the <mx:TextInput> item. But with it in there, it won't allow any decimals.
--- In [email protected], "Doug Lowder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Top-level function parseFloat() might do the trick. You may need to > pass it a substring if your text input has a leading currency > character. > > --- In [email protected], "headjoog" <jburns@> wrote: > > > > I'm stuck and making a dunce appeal - this can't be as difficult as > I'm > > making it: > > > > I have a Data Grid and a Form. When an item is selected on the > Data > > Grid, it displays the selected item on the Form for editing. > > > > I'm using <mx:Binding> so changes on the form are reflected in the > > grid. With straight text values, life is good - it works fine. > > > > One column in the grid is a Number (actually currency) and when I > try > > to include that I get a type coercion error. (I'm saving this back > to a > > database via Hibernate where the column is a number). I tried to > use > > Number(txtInput.text) in the <mx:Binding> "destination" tag and it > > works, but I lose precision on the Number - it won't save > decimals. It > > acts weird - when I type a decimal, it takes it, then backs it out > if I > > type more numbers. > > > > I'm stuck on this conversion of the TextInput to a Number. Do you > have > > to convert the <TextInput> to a Number via a function? Can someone > > clue me in? > > > > Thanks -joe > > >
