Here is my output: DEBUG: 2 null [object Object] CHECK : false CHECK : false
Here is all the code: <?xml version="1.0"?> <!-- charts/XMLFileToArrayCollectionDataProvider.mxml --> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; width="100%" height="100%"> <mx:Script> import mx.utils.ArrayUtil; </mx:Script> <mx:Model id="results" source="../assets/data.xml"/> <mx:ArrayCollection id="myData" source="{ArrayUtil.toArray(results.result)}" /> <mx:Panel title="Line Chart"> <mx:LineChart id="chart" dataProvider="{myData}" showDataTips="true"> <mx:horizontalAxis> <mx:CategoryAxis categoryField="month"/> </mx:horizontalAxis> <mx:series> <mx:LineSeries yField="banana" displayName="Banana"/> <mx:LineSeries yField="apple" displayName="Apple"/> <mx:LineSeries yField="orange" displayName="Orange"/> </mx:series> </mx:LineChart> <mx:Button id="iconButton" label="Button with Icon" labelPlacement="right" color="#993300" click="printMessage(event);"/> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import flash.events.Event; // Event handler function to print a message // describing the selected Button control. private function printMessage(event:Event):void { //message.text += event.target.label + " pressed" + "\n"; var myXML:XML; myXML = myData.getItemAt(0) as XML; trace( "DEBUG: " + myData.length + " " + myXML ); trace( myData.getItemAt(0) ); trace("CHECK : " + (myData.getItemAt(0) is XML)); trace("CHECK : " + (myData.getItemAt(0) is XMLList)); } ]]> </mx:Script> </mx:Panel> </mx:Application> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Sean Clark Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do you get when you trace myData.getItemAt(0)? That will return null > if it isn't an XML. You can do this too: > > trace("CHECK : " + (myData.getItemAt(0) is XML)); > > You can check to see if it is an XMLList too, but I thought looking at it, > it seemed like a flat xml. > > On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Stephen More <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Thats what I was thinking but when I try: >> >> var myXML:XML; >> myXML = myData.getItemAt(0) as XML; >> trace( "DEBUG: " + myXML ); >> >> I get >> DEBUG: null >> >> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Sean Clark Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > Each row is an xml object... >> > >> > So, (myData.getItemAt(i) as XML).children() >> > >> > Then you could loop through the children and ask them for their name. >> > After >> > the as XML step you can do anything you can normally do with the XML >> > object >> > >> > On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Stephen More <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> ( Example code taken from: >> >> http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/html/charts_intro_108_12.html ) >> >> Here is the dataset I am trying to work with: >> >> >> >> <data> >> >> <result month="Jan-04"> >> >> <apple>81768</apple> >> >> <orange>60310</orange> >> >> <banana>43357</banana> >> >> </result> >> >> <result month="Feb-04"> >> >> <apple>81156</apple> >> >> <orange>58883</orange> >> >> <banana>49280</banana> >> >> </result> >> >> </data> >> >> >> >> The flex code will look like this: >> >> <mx:HTTPService >> >> id="srv" >> >> url="../assets/data.xml" >> >> useProxy="false" >> >> result="myData=ArrayCollection(srv.lastResult.data.result)" >> >> /> >> >> >> >> How can I interrogate the ArrayCollection named myData so that it will >> >> return apple, orange, and banana ? >> >> I am not looking to get the numerical values, I want to get the xml >> >> name. >> >> >> >> -Thanks >> >> Steve More >> > >> > > >
