I found an example of what I wanted here: http://mitek.id.au/blog/2008/08/24/easy-multiple-items-selection-in-datagrid/
thanks...
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Nicolas Noben <nicolas.no...@...> wrote:
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> Have you tried simply ...
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> <mx:DataGrid allowMultipleSelection="{trueorfalsehere}" />
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> Which I'm pretty sure you can flip at runtime.
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> HTH
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