In the end I want to post the data to a form. I already have a working model that uploads file to ColdFusion but I want to be able to pass additional data as well. If I understand you correctly I should create a new data type that extends FileReference and just add to it what i need?
Dan On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The answer depends on what you plan to do with the rating? Are you > storing the rating somewhere? Sending it to the server? Normally, you will > need to keep track of that field somewhere on the client and the best place > is in your data, so adding a field to FileReference via subclassing or > aggregation (a new class that contains a FileReference plus a new field) is > recommended. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Dan Vega > *Sent:* Friday, June 06, 2008 12:27 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [flexcoders] DataGrid Item Editor Question > > > > I have this data grid that holds a list of files. These files are > fileReferences that are selected by a user browsing the system. After the > select a file the data shows the name/ext/size. What I want is a 4th column > for the user to select a value from the drop down. I get an error with the > code below because there is no default value. I am not sure how I would go > about this because the fileReference object does not hold this data so I can > not give it a dataField. I am sure this is because Im a new, any help is > appreciated! > > > <mx:DataGrid id="dgFiles" width="100%" height="100%" > dataProvider="{_files}" editable="true"> > <mx:columns> > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="File Name" dataField="name" > editable="false"/> > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="File Type" > dataField="extension" editable="false"/> > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="File Size" dataField="size" > labelFunction="bytesToKilobytes" editable="false"/> > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Rating" editable="true"> > <mx:itemEditor> > <mx:Component> > <mx:ComboBox editable="true"> > <mx:dataProvider> > <mx:String>1</mx:String> > <mx:String>2</mx:String> > <mx:String>3</mx:String> > <mx:String>4</mx:String> > <mx:String>5</mx:String> > </mx:dataProvider> > </mx:ComboBox> > </mx:Component> > </mx:itemEditor> > </mx:DataGridColumn> > </mx:columns> > </mx:DataGrid> > > > -- > Thank You > Dan > > -- Thank You Dan Vega [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danvega.org
