"And if your data was pre-ordered, you could even use page demand loading"
Not fantastically, the ADG doesn't deal with paged data at all well. The code in HierarchicalCollecitonView tries to count the entire dataprovider, so you end up either having to load up the entire data set, or adding dummy objects into the DP. And Woe betide you if you have a null in your DP https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FLEXDMV-1755 Gk. Gregor Kiddie Senior Developer INPS Tel: 01382 564343 Registered address: The Bread Factory, 1a Broughton Street, London SW8 3QJ Registered Number: 1788577 Registered in the UK Visit our Internet Web site at www.inps.co.uk <blocked::http://www.inps.co.uk/> The information in this internet email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is not authorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of INPS or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________