If you are just trying to get the data from the selected item when the
change event fires, you should be able to do the following.
private function handleChangeEvent(event:ListEvent):void
{
var cBox:ComboBox = ComboBox(event.currentTarget);
//assumes the items in your data provider are XML... seems like a
safe assumption
var myXML:XML = XML(cBox.selectedItem);
//access your xml attrs etc. using e4x as normal
...
}
<mx: itemRenderer>
<mx: Component>
<mx:ComboBox dataProvider="{outerDocument.myXml.info}"
change="parentDocument.handleChangeEvent(event)" id="cbItemRenderer"/>
</mx: Component>
</mx: itemRenderer>
hth
Scott
Scott Melby
Founder, Fast Lane Software LLC
http://www.fastlanesw.com
http://blog.fastlanesw.com
jeffreyr6915 wrote:
> I know that if you want to communicate with the main application from
> within the itemRenderer component, you have to use "outerDocument"
> first...Example:
>
> <mx: DataGridColumn dataField="field" headerText="col1"
> editorDataField="text" editable="true">
>
> <mx: itemRenderer>
> <mx: Component>
> <mx:ComboBox dataProvider="{outerDocument.myXml.info}"
> change="myMethod(dg.instanceIndex)" id="cbItemRenderer"/>
> </mx: Component>
> </mx: itemRenderer>
>
> </mx: DataGridColumn>
>
>
> My question is:
> ---How do you communicate with an itemRenderer from within the main
> application? It seems like the main app does not have scope to the
> itemRenderer, because when I add an id attribute to the <mx:ComboBox>
> tag, I cannot refer to it...Example:
>
> cbItemRenderer.getSelectedItem().label)
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
