So let me try to understand this - I'm coming from a .Net world. When I create a <mx:Model of data and bind that to a control, the control alters the data from the original <mx:Model state?
-----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Manish Jethani Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 13:52 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Reloading Data Question On 5/6/05, David Terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Or is it going to be some like... > var objData:Object; > > objData = catalog.product.clone(); See this: <?xml version="1.0"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml"; xmlns="*"> <mx:Script> import mx.utils.ObjectCopy; function copyObject(source:Object):Object { var newObject:Object = ObjectCopy.copy(source); ObjectCopy.copyProperties(newObject, source); return newObject; } </mx:Script> <mx:Model id="model"> <root> <item> <creature>elephant</creature> <legs>4</legs> </item> <item> <creature>human</creature> <legs>2</legs> </item> </root> </mx:Model> <mx:DataGrid id="grid" dataProvider="{copyObject(model.root).item}" /> <mx:Button click="grid.removeItemAt(0)"> <mx:label>grid.removeItemAt(0)</mx:label> </mx:Button> <mx:DataGrid id="grid2" dataProvider="{model.root.item}" /> </mx:Application> copyObject() makes a copy of the object. Clicking on the "removeItemAt(0)" button removes the 1st item from the first grid only. So the original data provider object (which the second grid uses directly) is not modified. Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> 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/
