If you are using Flex Builder, then you can do detailed debugging. If you are using binding to handle your data, this is harder. That is the main reason I avoid using binding with data services and handle the return in a handler function. In that handler, I can use the debugger to inspect the contents of the result object, or use trace for simpler stuff.
I highly recommend getting the logging to the flashlog.txt file working. There are also a couple components out there that let you examine runtime activity, search the archives for the specifics, also there is a macromedia app called FastStart that has an object inspector in it. I have not used it. Tracy -----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Marston Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 11:17 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Newbie can't find selectedItem in comboBox when dataProvider is remoteObject Cheers Daman, Can't seem to get that to work either. :-( I'm wondering . . .. in the Flash IDE there was a remoting debugger that would let me see what was getting passed back and forth - is there anything like that in the Flex IDE? Perhaps I need to put the remoting result into a Flex model object and use that as the dataProvider (Grasping at straws!) :-/ At 10:36 01/07/2005 -0400, you wrote: >Try "kingdoms_cb.selectedItem.value.toString()" > >-Daman > >-----Original Message----- >From: pmarstonuoa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 10:26 AM >To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [flexcoders] Newbie can't find selectedItem in comboBox when >dataProvider is remoteObject > > >Hi All, > >Flex newbie here ;-) > >As a way of checking out Flex I'm trying to port an ImageBank app >that was built using Flash MX, AMFPHP (Remoting) and mySQL > >I've quickly got an interface up and running and I've managed to >populate a comboBox using the same remoting call that the original >comboBox uses. > >In the original, selecting an item from the kingdom comboBox would >trigger another remoting call passing the selected item as an >argument. > >The second call would result in the phylum comboBox being populated. > >I can't get it to work in Flex. > >I can populate the phylum comboBox if I pass an explicit argument, >but I just can't seem to find a way to access the 'selectedItem' from >the kingdom comboBox checking what I'm referencing I either get an >[object][object] or undefined! :-( > >I've tried various things like selectedItem.data, getSelectedItem() >etc etc > >Has anyone else done this and got an insight? I've read various bits >of documentation and searched this lists archive, but I seem to be >missing something? > >Here's a summary version of my code - any insight would be very much >appreciated. > >Cheers, > >Phil > ><mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml"; > initialize="imagebank_ro.getCategories1.send();"> ><mx:RemoteObject > endpoint="http://localhost/remoting/gateway.php"; > id="imagebank_ro" > source="ImageBank" > protocol="http" > showBusyCursor="true"> > <mx:method name="getCategories1" /> > <mx:method name="getCategories2"> > <mx:arguments> > <!-- this wont work --> > <arg1>{kingdoms_cb.selectedItem.label}</arg1> > <!-- but this does work --> > <!-- <arg1>Plantae</arg1> --> > </mx:arguments> > </mx:method> ></mx:RemoteObject> >... ><mx:ComboBox id="kingdoms_cb" > change="imagebank_ro.getCategories2.send();" > dataProvider="{imagebank_ro.getCategories1.result.items}" /> ><mx:ComboBox id="phylums_cb" > dataProvider="{imagebank_ro.getCategories2.result.items}" /> >... ></mx:Application> > > > > >-- >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 > > > > > > > >-- >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 > > > > ______________________________________________________________ Phil Marston Learning Technologist Learning Technology Unit Edward Wright G33, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3QY, UK [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44(0)1224 273329 / +44(0)7798 723660 http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/ltu/ ______________________________________________________________ University of Aberdeen Open Day - Tuesday 23rd August 2005 For more information visit our website http://www.abdn.ac.uk/openday or freephone 0800 027 1495 ______________________________________________________________ -- 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 -- 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/ <*> 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/
