i've seen other examples of this working.. http://casario.blogs.com/mmworld/2007/04/passing_actions.html
i tried setting it a property at a time and that of course works- but i'll have to write much more code and it will be harder to maintain. thanks, d. On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Sherif Abdou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok i think you can't do that since I am looking at Adobe Flex > Professional 2.0 wrox book and they have a similar example and what they did > was > EmployeeVO.employeeID = objectName.employeeID; > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Derrick Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, June 9, 2008 1:51:08 PM > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] new to VO's, why won't this cast? > > ok, here is EmployeeVO.as > > *package com.winn.vo > { > [Bindable] > public class EmployeeVO > { > public var employeeID:uint; > public var roleID:Number; > public var employeeTypeID: Number; > public var employeeStatusID: Number; > > } > }* > > then in my mxml file i have a simple datagrid > > *<mx:DataGrid > id="employeeDataGrid" > width="100%" height="100%" > dataProvider="{ EmployeesModel. getInstance( ).employeesList }" > >* > with a click listener > > *employeeDataGrid. addEventListener ( MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler );* > > and here is clickHandler > > *public function clickHandler( event:MouseEvent ):void > { > var testVO:EmployeeVO = EmployeeVO(event. currentTarget. > selectedItem) ; > Alert.show(testVO. employeeID. toString( )); > }* > > and the selectedItem has these properties.. . > > *employeeID = 1830 [0x726] > employeeStatusID = 2 > employeeTypeID = 1 > mx_internal_ uid = "D3C...." > roleID = 3* > > > > On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Sherif Abdou <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com<[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>> > wrote: > >> can you give me a bit of code and I'll look at it so i can compile the >> examples >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Derrick Anderson <no.way.this. is.in.use@ gmail.com<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, June 9, 2008 1:21:51 PM >> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] new to VO's, why won't this cast? >> >> i tried your first suggestion, the second one I had already tried- at >> least with this one I get an error >> >> TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] to com.winn.vo. EmployeeVO. >> >> Still the same question though, the datatypes seem to be compatible- so >> why the error? >> >> thanks, >> d. >> >> On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Jon Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED] l.com<[EMAIL >> PROTECTED]>> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Jun 9, 2008, at 1:54 PM, Derrick Anderson wrote: >>> >>> var testVO:EmployeeVO = DataGrid(event. currentTarget) .selectedItem as >>> EmployeeVO; >>> >>> >>> Maybe this will help: >>> >>> var testVO:EmployeeVO = EmployeeVO(event. currentTarget. selectedItem) ; >>> >>> or >>> >>> var testVO:EmployeeVO = event.currentTarget .selectedItem as EmployeeVO; >>> >>> good luck, >>> >>> jon >>> >> >> >> > > >
