Re: [flexcoders] Re: textInput databinding

2010-07-15 Thread Brendan Meutzner
Mark, glad you got it worked out. However, you need to look at the fact the Spark TextInput extends from SkinnableTextBase which contains the properties you'd expect. Brendan On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 5:28 PM, mark.embrey wrote: > > > Bingo! that did it! > > the final solution, in my example, i

[flexcoders] Re: textInput databinding

2010-07-15 Thread mark.embrey
Bingo! that did it! the final solution, in my example, is: text="{myDataProvider.getItemAt(0).name}" thanks for your help, Oleg, and to everyone who contributed to the conversation. best, Mark --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Oleg Sivokon wrote: > > Hi, I think square brackets may be an

[flexcoders] Re: textInput databinding

2010-07-15 Thread mark.embrey
Brendan, Actually, that's where I started, as it worked in Flex 3. The only properties of Spark TextInput are: wrote: > > Why wouldn't you just do this: > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 4:38 PM, mark.embrey wrote: > > >

[flexcoders] Re: textInput databinding

2010-07-15 Thread mark.embrey
Brendan, I've tried this every which way I can imagine... variable assignment within quotes, without quotes, within and without braces, and with and without dot notation before item selection. Going back to the beginning, I'm wondering if there might be another way to get the value I want into

Re: [flexcoders] Re: textInput databinding

2010-07-15 Thread Oleg Sivokon
Hi, I think square brackets may be an obstacle here. I think they didn't always work, or maybe they don't work even now? Anyways, if that's an array collection, you'd better use getItemAt() and if that's an XML or XMLList, you'd be better of with the XML / XMLList methods corresponding to what you

Re: [flexcoders] Re: textInput databinding

2010-07-15 Thread Brendan Meutzner
Why wouldn't you just do this: On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 4:38 PM, mark.embrey wrote: > > > Actually, as I understand it, I am using ActionScript to create a variable, > but I am then binding that to an mxml component, no? > > anyway, any ideas of how to do this? > > thanks! > > Mark > > > --- I

Re: [flexcoders] Re: textInput databinding

2010-07-15 Thread Brendan Meutzner
Mark, What isn't working... the binding? What are you getting for your TextInput text value with the suggestions from Oleg and myself. You definitely shouldn't be getting the same issue as you first posted about with these updates, so where is it falling short now? Brendan On Thu, Jul 15, 2

[flexcoders] Re: textInput databinding

2010-07-15 Thread mark.embrey
Actually, as I understand it, I am using ActionScript to create a variable, but I am then binding that to an mxml component, no? anyway, any ideas of how to do this? thanks! Mark --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "valdhor" wrote: > > That would never have worked in Flex 3. > > You are tryi

[flexcoders] Re: textInput databinding

2010-07-15 Thread mark.embrey
thanks for the suggestion, Oleg, but that didn't solve my problem... any other ideas? thanks, Mark --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Oleg Sivokon wrote: > > That won't also work because there's a redundant dot before the bracket. ;) >

[flexcoders] Re: textInput databinding

2010-07-15 Thread mark.embrey
thanks for the suggestion, but that doesn't work --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Brendan Meutzner wrote: > > [Bindable] > public var collection:String = myDataProvider.data.name.[0]; > > Does that work? > > > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 12:59 PM, mark.embrey wrote: > > > > > > > Adobe, i

Re: [flexcoders] Re: textInput databinding

2010-07-15 Thread Brendan Meutzner
Good catch Oleg :-) On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Oleg Sivokon wrote: > > > That won't also work because there's a redundant dot before the bracket. ;) > > >

Re: [flexcoders] Re: textInput databinding

2010-07-15 Thread Oleg Sivokon
That won't also work because there's a redundant dot before the bracket. ;)

[flexcoders] Re: textInput databinding

2010-07-15 Thread valdhor
That would never have worked in Flex 3. You are trying to use a binding expression in ActionScript code which will never work. Binding expressions like that will only work in MXML code. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "mark.embrey" wrote: > > Adobe, in their infinite wisdom, removed the "dat