The following is in flexbuilder 2, AS 3. I have an application that I am building with modules using NetConnection to access the server. I want to centralize the routines that get data from the DB for Combo Boxes and the like because I want to reuse the data returned.
In the parentApplication, I created my function to query and handle the result, storing the data in a public arrayCollection. In the module, I access the data by setting the dataprovider to parentApplication.myArrayCollection. Due to the asynchronous nature of Flex the data does not appear the first time the module displays but does if I redisplay the module. My solution which does not work was to do; parentApplication.myArrayCollection.addEventListener (CollectionEvent.COLLECTION_CHANGE,LoadLists); where LoadLists is a function that sets the dataprovider for the combobox. LoadLists never gets executed. Being the resourceful individual I decided to try to force the event by inserting the following line in my result handler in the parentApplication; myArrayCollection.dispatchEvent(new CollectionEvent (mx.events.CollectionEvent.COLLECTION_CHANGE)); This still does not force the event to occur. Is this a bug, or what am I doing wrong? A secondary question is; What is the best way to handle static (mostly) data for combo boxes so that; a) It is queried only when needed and b) Stored at the client for the current session to reduce DB hits? Paul
