Better, but will fail if you scroll. Renderers get recycled and creatuinComplete only gets fired once.
Use the dataChange event instead ________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of triggersoftware Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:14 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Accessing dataField from within a Custom Item Renderer Yup...I was being dense: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Label xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> " textAlign="center" creationComplete="setText()"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import mx.controls.dataGridClasses.DataGridListData; private function getFormattedDate():String { var columnMetadata:DataGridListData = DataGridListData(listData) var fieldName:String = columnMetadata.dataField; var data:Object = data[fieldName]; return df.format(data); } private function setText():void { text = getFormattedDate(); } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:DateFormatter id="df" formatString="DD-MMM-YY"/> </mx:Label>
