[flexcoders] Best way to create such type of DataGrid?

2005-12-30 Thread Stanislav Zayarsky
Hello FlexCoders, I'm wondering what is the best way to create such type of DataGrid in Flex 1.5? here is image with datagrid that was created in html: http://www.go4flash.com/Table.gif Does DataGrid component suits the best in this case? Best regards Stanislav

[flexcoders] Resize container to the size of its largest child

2005-12-30 Thread Sergey Kovalyov
Hi All! What is the best way to resize container (e. g. Accordion) to the size of its largest child? Sergey. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life.

RE: [flexcoders] Best way to create such type of DataGrid?

2005-12-30 Thread Sergey Kovalyov
I consider it's better to create some AbstractTable class inherited from UIObject and then some specific table classes for your particular needs. :) -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stanislav Zayarsky Sent: Friday, December 30,

[flexcoders] Custom initial sort on datagrid

2005-12-30 Thread Clifford Hall
Hello all, I'm trying to get a datagrid to use a custom sortCompareFunction for its initial sort order.The custom sortCompareFunction works when you click the column header, however attempts to sort the dataprovider before it is assigned or the grid itself after the dataprovider is assigned all

Re[2]: [flexcoders] Best way to create such type of DataGrid?

2005-12-30 Thread Andriy Panas
Hello Sergey, I agree with Sergey. You must draw the diffence between Table and DataGrid mentally. --- DataGrid displays tabular data, allows sorting in columns, support paging. Example is mx:datagrid component. --- Table displays any data in

[flexcoders] Flex 2: Component inheritance?

2005-12-30 Thread Jason Y. Kwong
I'm relatively new to Flex 2 and what I'm trying to do is to create a set of custom MXML components that share the same AS base class. So I start with the base component, an empty container to which I add properties/methods via AS. Call it Base.mxml:?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?mx:Canvas

Re: [flexcoders] Resize container to the size of its largest child

2005-12-30 Thread Andriy Panas
Hello Sergey, Friday, December 30, 2005, 11:50:50 AM, you wrote: What is the best way to resize container (e. g. Accordion) to the size of its largest child? Use mx:Accordition resizeToContent=true minHeight=720 -- Best regards, Andriymailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[flexcoders] Setting effect via AS

2005-12-30 Thread Karl
I need to set an effect (hideEffect) on a new object (mx.controls.Image) that I am creating via AS and the effect does not seem to be playing when expected (hiding of image). What is the correct way of adding an effect to an object programatically? Is it treated like a property and takes a

Re: [flexcoders] Setting effect via AS

2005-12-30 Thread JesterXL
Pass the image's ID into the effect's contructor: var e:Dissolve = new mx.effects.Dissolve(imageID); - Original Message - From: Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 11:46 AM Subject: [flexcoders] Setting effect via AS I need to set an

RE: [flexcoders] CheckCellRenderer

2005-12-30 Thread Tracy Spratt
Yeah, thanks Jesse. Use editField(), not the method I made up. Tracy -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 8:56 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] CheckCellRenderer

RE: [flexcoders] CheckCellRenderer

2005-12-30 Thread Tracy Spratt
The difference is that edit field will update the UI immediately every time you call it. This is fine with small data sets. If you update many items, then there might be a performance issue with so many ui refreshes. Also, you might be able manually dispatch the modelChanged event

Re: [flexcoders] CheckCellRenderer

2005-12-30 Thread JesterXL
You were thinking of setItemAt from Flex 2. No worries, you're just ahead of the curve. - Original Message - From: Tracy Spratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 1:21 PM Subject: RE: [flexcoders] CheckCellRenderer Yeah, thanks Jesse. Use

Re: [flexcoders] CheckCellRenderer

2005-12-30 Thread JesterXL
Naw, it actually calls invalidate each time, so it's only updated once per frame, whether you call it 1, or 1000 times. That's the beauty of DataProvider API! However, the manual dispatch isn't so bad because for thousands of records, this: my_array[i].cow = "foo"; + dispatch

RE: [flexcoders] CheckCellRenderer

2005-12-30 Thread Tracy Spratt
Ah, cool. So all that Flash frame stuff might actually be good to know about! From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of JesterXL Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 1:31 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders]

Re: [flexcoders] CheckCellRenderer

2005-12-30 Thread JesterXL
Hehe, naw, because then Flex people think you're a g00b if you talk about Flash. You say "next frame", and you're considered to be a 14 year-old who likes punk rock. You say "invalidate", and you're considered to a Fortune 500 developer. - Original Message - From: Tracy Spratt

RE: Re[2]: [flexcoders] Best way to create such type of DataGrid?

2005-12-30 Thread Tracy Spratt
And for complexly formatted, repeated items, the mx:Repeater is very effective. It can be slow with larger data sets, but this can be mitigated. Tracy -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andriy Panas Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005

[flexcoders] Re: Setting effect via AS

2005-12-30 Thread Karl
Thanks for the reply. Is there anyway to set an effect on an object dynamically without having to create a new effect for each image that is added? Won't this method result in a new effect being created in memory for each image, as opposed to having one already created effect that you attach

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Setting effect via AS

2005-12-30 Thread JesterXL
Sure, make it a member variable and set it's target property. import mx.core.UIObject; import mx.effects.Dissolve; var dissolve_effect:Dissolve; // called from initialize function onCreationComplete() { dissolve = new Dissolve(); dissolve.duration = 3 * 1000; dissolve.alphaFrom =

Re: [flexcoders] Flex 1.5 HTTPService Fault: An XML element was malformed

2005-12-30 Thread Andrew D. Goodfellow
Thanks Tracy, that did help. Now I'm getting a wierd fault back that says it can't parse the HTTP response, but everything is posting ok. I'll just catch the fault for now. Thanks again!-Andy On 12/30/05, Tracy Spratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Probably the returned xml is

[flexcoders] Flex 2 Flash Communication Server Admin API

2005-12-30 Thread Curtis Hermann
So far I have successfully connection to Flash Communication Server using Flex 2.0 Alpha Standalone, but when I try to call an Admin API method, I get no response. Here is what I am doing:mx:Script ![CDATA[ import flash.net.*;public var adminConnection:NetConnection; public var

RE: [flexcoders] Custom initial sort on datagrid

2005-12-30 Thread Matt Chotin
I think dg1.sortItems(sortByAge, asc) should have worked (or desc), not Array.ASCENDING and Array.DESCENDING because being consistent with array options would have been too obvious ;-) Havent tried it though. This will be easier in Flex 2 because sorting will be done through Sort

RE: [flexcoders] Flex 2: Component inheritance?

2005-12-30 Thread Matt Chotin
Did you put any visual children in Base? If you did its not going to work because you cant have declared children in a parent component and subcomponent (though we may describe how to simulate that in some of our docs with other features). You can try rewriting Base.mxml to be Base.as