You also need to change = to == in your E4X filter. A working example is below.
- Gordon <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ private var stateCountyData:XML = <data> <state label="Texas" data="Texas"> <county label="Jones" data="123" /> <county label="Taylor" data="124" /> </state> <state label="Virginia" data="Virginia"> <county label="Alexandria" data="223" /> <county label="Arlington" data="224" /> </state> </data>; private function setStates():void { stateCombo.dataProvider = stateCountyData.state; } private function setCounties():void { countyCombo.dataProvider = stateCountyData.state.(@label == stateCombo.selectedLabel).county; } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:ComboBox id="stateCombo" labelField="@label" width="200" creationComplete="setStates(); setCounties()" change="setCounties()"/> <mx:ComboBox id="countyCombo" labelField="@label" width="200"/> </mx:Application> ________________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Labriola Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 11:07 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: E4X Help Tangent, Remove the {} from around selected : var counties:XMLList = _myXml.state.(@label=selected).county; Mike --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I try writing two comboboxes to facilitate selection of the following XML, > > <data> > <state label="Texas" data="Texas"> > <county label="Jones" data="123" /> > <county label="Taylor" data="124" /> > ... > </state> > <state label="Virginia" data="Virginia"> > <county label="Alexandria" data="223" /> > <county label="Arlington" data="224" /> > ... > </state> > ... > > > The first combo box is named _combo1 that is populated by state data, and I > want to get an XML or XMLList of the counties using AS3, I wonder whether I > can write it in E4X syntax that looks somewhat like > > var selected:String = _combo1.selectedItem.toString(); > var counties:XMLList = _myXml.state.(@label = {selected}).county; > > I get a compiler error for the last line, and I have searched through some > E4X samples, didn't seem to find any help. Any advice? > > Thanks! > > - Tangent > > P.S. Or should I use XmlViewCollection, Descriptor or things like that? > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
