You can also write a TreeDataDescriptor look for the ITreeDataDescriptor interface. No transformations needed.
On 9/10/07, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You'll probably have to transform the data to match > > > > <company> > > <department label="Accounting"> > > <user>….</user> > > </department> > > > > Then a custom labelFunction that determines what label. > > > > Then a custom dataDescriptor that denies that user has any children (or > convert all subchildren to attributes). > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *donvoltz > *Sent:* Monday, September 10, 2007 3:15 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [flexcoders] Help Creating Tree from Complex XML > > > > Hello, > > would someone be able to give some guidance in the construction of a > tree control from complex XML. > > I am trying to create the following tree display > > Accounting > --John Waters > --Betty Smith > Sales > --Bob Long > --Sam Schwartz > Marketing > --Howard Lyons > Human Resources > --Sue Taylor > --Bill Montgomery > > using this XML as a starting point > > <row> > <user> > <userID>1</userID> > <department>Accounting</department> > <firstname>John</firstname> > <lastname>Waters</lastname> > <email>[EMAIL PROTECTED] <johnwaters%40aol.com></email> > <officePhone>555-1212</officePhone> > <birthday>1965-08-12</birthday> > /<user> > ... > </row> > > Currently I am returning a similar XML stream from a MySQL database > as e4X and it is bound to an XMLListCollection. This collection then > is used as the dataProvider for my tree control. and department is > used as the label. What I would like to see is all of the users of a > given department are within one branch of the tree and when this > brach is open I would see their first and last names. Currently, this > set up creates a brach for listing the department for each user in > the XMLListCollection and when this branch is opened, all of their > data is contained. What is the process of grouping all departments > together and then only displaying part of the XMLListCollection > within the branch? > > Thanks for the help > > Don > > >
