Did you try doing DataGrid(gridId).setActualSize(); or just extend the dataGridColumn and override the mx_internal that calculates the width.
----- Original Message ---- From: brileach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 2:50:30 PM Subject: [flexcoders] DataGrid column resizing I've been slamming my head against my desk for the last day trying to figure out how to resize DataGrid columns and I'm hoping somebody can help me out. I'm using Flex 2.0.1. Any help will be much appreciated! The idea here is that onCreationComplete the DataGridColumns will recreate themselves based off of a certain size, eventually the length of the data inside of them. I've gotten this to work with every attribute except width. (labelFunctions, itemRenderers, etc.) <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ private var gridData:Array = [ { symbol: "ADBE", name: "Adobe Systems Inc.", price: 49.95 }, { symbol: "MACR", name: "Macromedia Inc.", price: 39.95 }, { symbol: "MSFT", name: "Microsoft Corp.", price: 25.95 }, { symbol: "IBM", name: "IBM Corp.", price: 42.55 } ]; public function resizeGridColumns( gridId:Object) :void { var oldColumns:Array = gridId.columns; var numberOfColumns: int = oldColumns.length; var newColumns:Array = new Array(); for(var i:int = 0; i < numberOfColumns; i++){ var oldColumn:DataGridC olumn = (oldColumns[ i] as DataGridColumn) ; var newColumn:DataGridC olumn = new DataGridColumn; newColumn.dataField = oldColumn.dataField ; newColumn.headerTex t = oldColumn.headerTex t+"-dynamic" ; newColumn.width = 50; newColumns.push( newColumn) ; } gridId.columns = newColumns; } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:DataGrid id="grid" initialize=" grid.dataProvide r = gridData" creationComplete= "resizeGridColum ns(grid)" width="500"> <mx:columns> <mx:DataGridColumn headerText=" Name" dataField="name" /> <mx:DataGridColumn headerText=" Symbol" dataField="symbol" /> <mx:DataGridColumn headerText=" Price" dataField="price" /> </mx:columns> </mx:DataGrid> I just can't figure out how to set a column width on the fly. Thanks! --Brian Leach, [EMAIL PROTECTED] com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs