Look up "flex itemRenderer" on Google. I think that will enable you to
customize the component that displays the rollup column. Within the
itemRenderer, you'd want to do an override of the set data() function.
-Alex
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "todd.bruner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm starting to make some progress with your help. I've changed my
> xml output and incorporated Alex and Tracy's suggestions. I can now
> see data in the ADG but its not quite what I expected. Here's the
> what I get:
>
> Period Country Detects
> 2008-12-04 03:00:00 PHGBMYDK 121341022
> 2008-12-04 04:00:00 AUGBMY 39211
>
> The Source XML is:
> <dashboard>
> <rollup period="2008-12-04 03:00:00">
> <country code="PH" detects="12" />
> <country code="GB" detects="134" />
> <country code="MY" detects="102" />
> <country code="DK" detects="2" />
> </rollup>
> <rollup period="2008-12-04 04:00:00">
> ...
> </rollup>
> </dashboard>
>
> My MXML fragrements of interest are:
>
> <mx:AdvancedDataGrid
> id="myDataGrid"
> dataProvider="{statFeed.rollup}"
> width="50%"
> height="75%"
> verticalCenter="0" left="0">
> <mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn headerText="Period" dataField="@period"/>
> <mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn headerText="Country"
> labelFunction="getCountryCode"/>
> <mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn headerText="Detects"
> labelFunction="getCountryDetects"/>
> </mx:AdvancedDataGrid>
>
> The functions getCountryDetects and getCountryCode are the same as
> your label function (changed to appropriate label names.)
>
> What I want is that each rollup period have a "spinner" that contains
> a row for each country that displays the detects during that period.
> For example, using the above data:
>
> Period: Country Detects
> * 2008-12-04 03:00:00
> PH 12
> GB 134
>
> Many thanks for all the help...
>
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "oneworld95" <oneworld95@> wrote:
> >
> > You'd probably want to use a labelFunction on each column where you
> > want to do something to what the user sees. I think one of the links I
> > sent you has info on creating labelFunctions. Here's an example,
> >
> > // As described here: http://thanksmister.com/?p=8
> > // Pulls data from XML nodes that are optional.
> > // Assumes your XML has an element called "image" that
> > // has an attribute called "id".
> > public function getImageID(item:Object,
> > column:AdvancedDataGridColumn):String {
> > if (item.image == undefined) {
> > return null;
> > }
> > else {
> > return [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> > }
> > }
> >
> > In your ADG, you'd call this function like this:
> >
> > <mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn labelFunction="getImageID"
> > headerText="Image ID" />
> >
> > -Alex
> >
>
