For AS only components, you might have better luck using a getter/setter for the dataProvider; instead of the binding utility. When the dataProvider is set, update the chart's dataProvider explicitly; usually done in commitProperties().
-TH --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, john fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > well then I *really* don't understand what you are up to, and haven't > tried the BlazeDS... > so any further discussion with me will probably result in me learning > from you instead of helping. > it *sounds* like your set-up is over-complex, but no doubt you have > requirements to follow. > to me theres a swf and theres a data source somewhere behind a URL, and > thats all you need.... > > John > > netdeep wrote: > > The problem is that I'm transferring an ActionScript object to the server, populating it with > > the data, and then returning the ActionScript via BlazeDS and remoting (so these objects > > get converted to Java objects on the server and back to ActionScript when the come into > > flex). And the ArrayCollection is buried deep in the the object and I also build the series > > items for the chart on the fly in Actionscript. So I don't have access to the series items in > > the chart I create (for instance to reassign the dataproviders), nor do I have easy access to > > the ArrayCollections themselves since they are buried in the ActionScript objects. Here's > > some pseudocode of how the charts get created which illustrates the problem. > > > > in ReportObject > > for each ChartObject in ReportObject > > create CartesianChart > > for each AxisObject in ChartObject > > create DateTimeAxis and assign it to chart > > for each SeriesObject in AxisObject > > create Series and assign it to axis > > bind SeriesObject.data to Series.dataprovider > > > > > > So when I get the next ReportObject pushed to the flex app from the server, the structure > > of the Report is exactly the same (i.e. x# axes, x# series for a given axis, etc) but the data > > has been updated and the series do not pick this up. > > > > > > >