Thanks for the reply. The TileList already renders the correct number of items (2), it seems that setting the rowHeight and/or rowCount has no effect. Seems like in this case the binding mechanism creates more problems than benefit :(
--- In [email protected], "Claudiu Ursica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "spirit_ryder2k" > <spirit_ryder2k@> wrote: > > > > Hi, I'm doing a small app which loads a list of songs from an XML > > and display it in a list. I'm using a TileList with a custom > > renderer to render the songs. Because I want to keep track which > > song has loaded I put a trace comment on the creation event. This > > all works as intended, the song list has 2 items and 2 item are > > displayed on screen. But I get 3 traces. It seems that the TileList > > creates 3 objects but only shows 2. > > > > Any suggestions on how to make sure it only loads 2 objects? It > > seems like the first item in the XML list is created twice :( > > > > Source code below: > > > > Song1.xml > > ------------------------- > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > <song> > > <track> > > <name>We are broken</name> > > <url>../Paramore - We Are Broken.mp3</url> > > </track> > > <track> > > <name>Pressure</name> > > <url>../Paramore - Pressure (Acoustic).mp3</url> > > </track> > > </song> > > ------------------------- > > > > renderer.mxml > > ------------------------- > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <mx:Label xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > > creationComplete="trace('new song ' + data.name)" > > text="{data.name}"/> > > ------------------------- > > > > test.mxml > > ------------------------- > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > > layout="absolute" creationComplete="SongServ.send()"> > > <mx:HTTPService id="SongServ" url="../Song1.xml" /> > > <mx:TileList direction="vertical" itemRenderer="renderer" > > dataProvider="{SongServ.lastResult.song.track}" left="10" top="10" > > right="10" height="200"/> > > </mx:Application> > > ------------------------- > > > > Ok, I've runned into this issue a few weeks ago and Alex Harui, > adviced me to use the rowHeight and set it a value, the flex will now > how to render the lines without creating an extra item. however you'l > still get duplicates first time you trace because of the binding which > will fire twice, and I don't think you can do something about it. You > could unmarshall your XML into objects and reuse those objects if they > already created/ only create them when not already created and then > the binding will fire only when the value of the object is changed. > > Hope this helps, > Claudiu. >
