Thanks to you both I got it working. Much appreciate the help. Claude
--- In [email protected], "bhaq1972" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > if your using a combobox or textinput or anything which implements > IDropInlistItemRenderer, then you can do this in your data setter > > var myListData:DataGridListData = DataGridListData(listData); > var myDataField:String = myListData.dataField; > > valueYourInterestedIn = data[myDataField]; > > > --- In [email protected], "generalxxaxx" <gxxaxx@> wrote: > > > > I am generalizing an item renderer so that I can use the same > > component on different columns in a datagrid. > > > > The glitch I've run into at the moment is figuring out how to > access > > the different bits of data. > > > > Specifically I have an itemrenderer that works great for the column > > containing data.itemprice > > > > I want to change my component so that it will work on > data.itemprice > > and data.total > > > > I thought I could use a setter to pass in a string with either > > "itemprice" or "total" into the component. > > > > But then how do I use that string to extract the value appropriate > to > > the given column. > > > > Sorry if this is a trivial xml question, but I'm in the situation > > where my need for results outstrips my opportunity to gracefully > > expand my knowledge base from the ground up. > > > > Regards, > > Claude > > >
