First don't use mx:Model. That converts your XML into a nested object structure. Use mx:XML instead, and see how that changes things.
If this is still an issue, you might need to use a labelFunction, but I doubt it. Tracy ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kalpkat9 Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 7:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Datagrid ArrayCollection XML Data - unwanted text, Hi, I am parsing data from an xml file(sheet11.xml) into an ArrayCollection, and some of the fields in the xml files has no data, such as <field2>: sheet11.xml <row> <field1>data1</field1> <field2></field2> <field3>data1</field3> </row> when i populate the data into my datagrid and execute the mxml, i have the field2 column filled with '[object object]' rather than being blank. How is that I can make the field showing no text if there no data coming from the xml. can someone please help me on this. thank you. import mx.utils.ArrayUtil; <mx:Model id="dataXML" source="sheet11.xml"/> <mx:ArrayCollection source="{ArrayUtil.toArray(dataXML.row)}" id="theData"/> <mx:DataGrid id="dg" allowMultipleSelection="true" dataProvider="{theData}"> <mx:columns> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="field1"/> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="field1"/> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="field1"/> </mx:columns> </mx:DataGrid>
