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----- Original Message ---- From: Amy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2008 9:32:28 PM Subject: [flexcoders] Re: E4x mystery --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, Sherif Abdou <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ..> wrote: > > try wrapping your xml in an XMLListCollection and see if that works. I am not really following maybe upload the MXML file and i'll look at it, its kinda hard to follow the code on here. It is already wrapped like that. MyApplication. mxml: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf- 8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe. com/2006/ mxml" layout="absolute" xmlns:cmc="com. magnoliamultimed ia.components. *" creationComplete= "isStarted( )" horizontalScrollPol icy="off" verticalScrollPolic y="off" > <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import mx.collections. XMLListCollectio n; import com.magnoliamultime dia.components. * import mx.controls. Alert; [Bindable] private var qXMLList:XMLListCol lection; private var qXML:XML; [Bindable] private var useHighlight: Boolean; [Bindable] private var editing:Boolean; [Bindable] private var bubbleRow:ClassFact ory; private function getXML():void{ useHighlight = true; //hard coded XML for testing qXML = <questions> <question id="1"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="2"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="3"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="4"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="5"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="6"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="7"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="8"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="9"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="10"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="11"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="12"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="13"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="14"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="15"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="16"> </question> <question id="17"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="18"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="19"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="20"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="21"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="22"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="23"> <selected>3< /selected> <selected>4< /selected> </question> <question id="24"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="25"> <selected>3< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="26"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>3< /selected> </question> <question id="27"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> <question id="28"> <selected>1< /selected> <selected>5< /selected> </question> </questions> useHighlight = false; editing = false; bubbleRow = new ClassFactory (AnswerRow); bubbleRow.propertie s = {isEditing:editing} ; showBubbles( qXML); setCurrentQuestion( 1); } //convert regular xml to xmlList private function showBubbles( questionsXML: XML):void{ qXMLList= new XMLListCollection (questionsXML. question) ; scoreSheet.visible = true; } //pass back info about what happened private function userAnswerHandler( e:Event): void { if (!useHighlight) { trace('index = ' + (e.target.parent. data.childIndex( ) + 1) + ', info = ' + qXMLList.getItemAt( e.target. parent.data. childIndex( )).toString( )); ExternalInterface. call ('bubbleMarked' , e.target.parent. data.childIndex( )+1, e.target.parent. data.toString( )); } } //set up to be ready to talk to container public function isStarted(): void{ if (ExternalInterface. available) { ExternalInterface. call("started" , 1); ExternalInterface. addCallback ("setSource" , setXML); ExternalInterface. addCallback ("setCurrentQuestio n", setCurrentQuestion) ; } else { getXML(); } getXML(); setCurrentQuestion( 1); } public function setXML(theContent: String, highlightOn: Boolean=false, isContentEditor: Boolean=false) :void { theContent=theConte nt.substring (theContent. indexOf(" \n")+1, theContent.lastInde xOf("\n") ); qXML = XML(theContent) ; showBubbles( qXML); scoreSheet.visible = true; //Alert.show( highlightOn. toString( )); useHighlight = highlightOn; editing = isContentEditor; setCurrentQuestion( 1); bubbleRow = new ClassFactory( AnswerRow) ; bubbleRow.propertie s = {isEditing:editing} ; } public function setCurrentQuestion( qNum:Number) :void{ //Alert.show( qNum.toString( )); if (useHighlight) { scoreSheet.styleNam e = 'tileReviewMode' ; scoreSheet.selected Index = qNum - 1; } else { scoreSheet.styleNam e = ''; } } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Style> Application{ backgroundColor: #FFFFFF; } Button{ cornerRadius : 40; paddingLeft: 0; paddingRight: 0; paddingTop: 0; paddingBottom: 0; fontSize: 8; } .selectedBtn { fillColors: #000000, #000000; } HBox { paddingTop: 0; paddingBottom: 0; } TileList { paddingTop: 1; paddingBottom: 1; paddingRight: 10; selectionColor: #FFFFFF; selectionDuration: 0; } .tileReviewMode{ paddingTop: 0; paddingBottom: 2; paddingRight: 10; selectionColor: #FFFF11; selectionDuration: 10; } </mx:Style> <mx:TileList id="scoreSheet" direction="vertical " dataProvider= "{qXMLList} " itemRenderer= "{bubbleRow} " visible="false" rowCount="10" columnCount= "4" useRollOver= "false" click="userAnswerHa ndler(event) " mouseChildren= "{!useHighlight| |editing} " horizontalCenter= "0" verticalCenter= "0"/> </mx:Application> AnswerRow.mxml: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf- 8"?> <mx:HBox xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe. com/2006/ mxml" dataChange=" init ()" creationComplete= "finishInit( )" implements=" mx.core.IFactory " > <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import mx.controls. Alert; [Bindable] private var rIndex:int; //loop index private var isWhole:Boolean; //this component is fully loaded //factory variable to catch if editing [Bindable] public var isEditing:Boolean; // method required by IFactory public function newInstance( ):*{ return new AnswerRow(); } private function init():void{ rIndex = data.childIndex( ) + 1; callLater(setupBtns ); } private function setupBtns(): void{ var i: int; for (i=0; i<5; i++){ this[String. fromCharCode( i+97) +'Btn'].styleName = ''; } for (i = 0; i<data.selected. length(); i++){ selectBtn(this[ String.fromCharC ode(int (data.selected[ i])+96)+' Btn']); } } //handles visible selection of the selected button private function selectBtn(theBtn: Button, toggle:Boolean= false):void{ if (isEditing){ //only one answer can be correct for (var i:int=0; i<5; i++){ this[String. fromCharCode( i+97) +'Btn'].styleName = ''; } theBtn.styleName = 'selectedBtn' ; } else { //student can mark multiple answers //toggle stylename if (theBtn.styleName == 'selectedBtn' ) { theBtn.styleName = ''; } else { theBtn.styleName = 'selectedBtn' ; } } } private function finishInit() :void { isWhole = true; } //changes selected in the data, sets the visible state private function changeSelected( theBtn:Button, toggle:Boolean= false):void { selectBtn(theBtn, toggle); var i:int; var selNum:int = theBtn.label. charCodeAt( ) - 64; trace("typeof selNum " + typeof selNum); var miniXML:XML = XML ('<selected> '+selNum+ '</selected> ') if (!isEditing) { if (data.selected. length()> 0){ trace('select = 5: ' + data. (descendants( 'selected' )==5)); if (data. (selected==selNum) .length() <1){ //add the selected node to the data object data.appendChild (miniXML); } else { //remove the selected node from the data object for (i=data.selected. length()- 1; i>=0; i--){ if (data.selected[ i] == selNum){ delete data.selected[ i]; } } } } else { //no children exist at all...add data.appendChild( miniXML); } } else { //editing //delete all previously selected nodes for (i=data.selected. length()- 1; i>0; i--){ delete data.selected[ i]; } //check to see if this button is "on" //if so, add it back if (theBtn.styleName == 'selectedBtn' ) { data.appendChild( miniXML); } } } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Label text="{rIndex} " /> <mx:Button id="aBtn" label="A" click="changeSelect ed(aBtn, true)" width="25" height="15" /> <mx:Button id="bBtn" label="B" click="changeSelect ed(bBtn, true)" width="25" height="15" /> <mx:Button id="cBtn" label="C" click="changeSelect ed(cBtn, true)" width="25" height="15" /> <mx:Button id="dBtn" label="D" click="changeSelect ed(dBtn, true)" width="25" height="15" /> <mx:Button id="eBtn" label="E" click="changeSelect ed(eBtn, true)" width="25" height="15" /> </mx:HBox> When I click on the question with an ID of 16 (the one that has no selected nodes to start with), everything works as expected. If I click one of the already selected nodes, then I just keep getting more and more selected nodes. Thanks; Amy ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
