You can't do complex assignments outside of a function, because of the way the mxml is compiled into the as class.
Override the set data() function and store your data in a local var, then call invalidateProperties(). Then do your work in a commitProperties override. Tracy ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of pioplacz Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 7:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Split up data inside itemrenderer Here is my main mxml file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> " height="100%" layout="absolute" creationComplete="startupServices()" xmlns:lib="flexlib.containers.*" styleName="ListItems" xmlns:view="view.*" verticalGap="0"> <!-- Call the XML list with the waiting folders --> <mx:HTTPService id="getWaitingItems" url="http://192.168.1.197/PHP/adminFolders/getFolders.php <http://192.168.1.197/PHP/adminFolders/getFolders.php> " method="GET" useProxy="false" result="waitingItems_results(event)"/> <!-- Calling the IMDB for results --> <mx:HTTPService id="IMDBSearch" url="http://192.168.1.197/PHP/adminFolders/imdbphp-1.0.3/imdbXMLsearch.p hp <http://192.168.1.197/PHP/adminFolders/imdbphp-1.0.3/imdbXMLsearch.php> " method="GET" result="imdbSearch_results(event)"> <mx:request> <!--<name>{SearchBox.text}</name> <searchtype>movie</searchtype> --> </mx:request> </mx:HTTPService> <!-- Getting the IMDB item details --> <mx:HTTPService id="IMDBDetails" url="http://192.168.1.197/PHP/adminFolders/imdbphp-1.0.3/imdbXML.php <http://192.168.1.197/PHP/adminFolders/imdbphp-1.0.3/imdbXML.php> " method="GET" result="imdbDetails(event)"> <mx:request xmlns=""> <!--<mid>{imdbList.selectedItem.imdbid}</mid>--> </mx:request> </mx:HTTPService> <mx:Style source="css/whiteTheme.css"/> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import mx.collections.ArrayCollection; import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent; import mx.collections.IList; import mx.utils.ArrayUtil; public function startupServices():void { getWaitingItems.send(); } public function waitingItems_results(event:ResultEvent):void { waitingItems = event.result.allWaiting.folder as ArrayCollection; } [Bindable] private var waitingItems:ArrayCollection; public function imdbSearch_results(event:ResultEvent):void { imdbSearch = event.result.IMDBresult.movie as ArrayCollection; } [Bindable] private var imdbSearch:ArrayCollection; [Bindable] public var imdbPlots:ArrayCollection; public var newPlotsArray:Array; public function imdbDetails(event:ResultEvent):void { // First determine if the result can be converted or present itself as an array. // We can use the mx.collections.ILis interface for that if (IMDBDetails.lastResult.IMDBdata.movie.plots.plot is IList) { // when true, call the IList.toArray() method newPlotsArray = IMDBDetails.lastResult.IMDBdata.movie.plots.plot.toArray(); } else{ // when false, use the ArrayUtil.toArray() method to convert the result newPlotsArray = ArrayUtil.toArray(IMDBDetails.lastResult.IMDBdata.movie.plots.plot); } // Create a new ArrayCollection using 'newArray' imdbPlots = new ArrayCollection(newPlotsArray); } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:VBox width="960" height="100%" horizontalCenter="0" top="0" verticalGap="0"> <mx:Spacer height="59"/> <mx:HBox width="100%"> <mx:Spacer width="100%"/> <mx:Label text="You have 4 items in query" x="828" y="10"/> </mx:HBox> <mx:HRule width="100%" strokeWidth="1" strokeColor="#C4C4C4"/> <mx:Spacer height="22"/> <mx:TabNavigator id="tn" width="100%" height="90%" tabWidth="140"> <view:moviesView label="Movies" width="100%" height="100%"/> <mx:VBox label="TV-Shows" enabled="false"/> <mx:VBox label="Maintance" enabled="false"/> </mx:TabNavigator> <mx:Canvas width="100%"> <mx:Text text="TEST" textAlign="center" horizontalCenter="0" top="10" color="#595959"/> </mx:Canvas> </mx:VBox> </mx:Application> Here is my itemrenderer for mx:List: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Canvas xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> " width="925" height="74"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ //I keep on getting the error here. var queryStr:String = data.stars; var params:Array = queryStr.split(","); ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Style source="../css/whiteTheme.css"/> <mx:states> <mx:State name="moreInfo"> <mx:SetProperty name="height" value="250"/> <mx:AddChild relativeTo="{mainCanvas}" position="lastChild"> <mx:HRule x="57" y="67" strokeWidth="1" strokeColor="#E3E3E3" width="860"/> </mx:AddChild> <mx:AddChild relativeTo="{mainCanvas}" position="lastChild"> <mx:HBox x="57" y="72" height="166" horizontalAlign="right" width="860" horizontalGap="15"> <mx:VBox verticalGap="0"> <mx:Label x="57" y="72" text="Director:" color="#000000"/> <mx:Text text="{data.director}" color="#343434" height="15"/> <mx:Spacer height="2"/> <mx:Label text="Writers:" color="#000000" height="17"/> <mx:Text text="n/a" color="#343434" height="15"/> </mx:VBox> <mx:VBox verticalGap="0"> <mx:Label text="Actors:" color="#000000" height="17"/> <mx:Repeater id="myrep" dataProvider="{data.actors.actor}"> <mx:Text text="{myrep.currentItem}" color="#343434" height="15"/> </mx:Repeater> </mx:VBox> <mx:VBox verticalGap="0" height="100%" width="100%"> <mx:Label x="57" y="72" text="Plot Summary:" color="#000000" fontWeight="normal"/> <mx:TextArea text="{data.description}" color="#343434" borderStyle="none" height="90%" editable="false" width="100%"/> <mx:Spacer height="15"/> </mx:VBox> <mx:VBox verticalGap="0"> <mx:Label x="57" y="72" text="Runtime:" color="#000000"/> <mx:Text text="{data.duration} minutes" color="#343434" height="15"/> <mx:Spacer height="2"/> <mx:Label text="Studios:" color="#000000" height="17"/> <mx:Text text="{data.publisher}" color="#343434" height="15"/> <mx:Spacer height="2"/> <mx:Label text="IMDB id:" color="#000000" height="17"/> <mx:Text text="n/a" color="#343434" height="15"/> <mx:Spacer height="2"/> <mx:Label text="ASIN:" color="#000000" height="17"/> <mx:Text text="n/a" color="#343434" height="15"/> </mx:VBox> <mx:VBox width="85" verticalGap="0"> <mx:Label x="57" y="72" text="IMDB Rating:" color="#000000"/> <mx:Text text="n/a
" color="#343434" height="15"/> <mx:Spacer height="2"/> <mx:Label text="IMDB Votes:" color="#000000" height="17"/> <mx:Text text="n/a
" color="#343434" height="15"/> <mx:Spacer height="2"/> <mx:Label text="Amazon Rating:" color="#000000" height="17"/> <mx:Text text="{data.rating}/5" color="#343434" height="15"/> <mx:Spacer height="2"/> <mx:Label text="Amazon Votes:" color="#000000" height="17"/> <mx:Text text="n/a" color="#343434" height="15"/> </mx:VBox> </mx:HBox> </mx:AddChild> </mx:State> </mx:states> <mx:Canvas width="925" height="100%" styleName="ListItems" id="mainCanvas"> <mx:Image width="45" height="64" x="4" y="4" source="assets/movieBox.png"/> <mx:Canvas top="2"> <mx:Label x="55" y="10" text="{data.title} ({data.year})" styleName="title"/> <mx:HRule x="57" y="33" width="860" strokeColor="#E3E3E3" strokeWidth="1" id="hrule"/> <mx:Button x="854" y="5" click="currentState='moreInfo'" id="editButton" width="63" height="25" styleName="editButton"/> <mx:Button x="845" y="37" click="currentState='moreInfo'" id="deleteButton" width="73" height="25" styleName="deleteButton"/> <mx:Image x="56" y="36" source="assets/rating/rating_{data.rating}.png" width="41" height="8"/> <mx:Text x="55" y="44" text="{data.genres}" width="187" textAlign="left" color="#595959" selectable="false" id="movieGenres"/> </mx:Canvas> </mx:Canvas> </mx:Canvas> I know that it's just some stupid error, but I'm going crazy. --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "donvoltz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Could you provide more of the code you are using so we can see what > you are doing. > > Don >
