Maciek,
Thanks for steering me straight on this. That worked! Its also very cool that I
can add so many eventlisteners to just about any object that I want (very
powerful).
Now, I have a question about moving my remote object out of mxml and into
actionscript. But I'll post that in a new thread.
thanks!
brad
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Maciek Sakrejda <msakre...@...> wrote:
>
> Brad,
>
> creationComplete is an event, and not a method or property. In MXML,
> these look very similar, but in ActionScript, you need to explicitly add
> an event listener to handle the event. E.g.,
>
> comboBox.addEventListener(FlexEvent.CREATION_COMPLETE,
> handleCreationComplete)
>
> and then elsewhere in the file, define the handler, as you would in
> MXML:
>
> private function handleCreationComplete(e:FlexEvent):void {
> ...
> }
>
>
> --
> Maciek Sakrejda
> Truviso, Inc.
> http://www.truviso.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brad.bueche <b...@...>
> Reply-to: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Dynamic creation of ComboBox in ActionScript
> Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:24:31 -0000
>
> Big Picture: I'm trying to recreate the dynamic search interface in
> search coders app. I think it will be a great base for an sql front end.
>
> I can create combo-box's dynamically via the button. However, I want as
> much configuration as possible to come from a database (so I can change
> my app without going through all the red-tape of change control).
> Sooo... I need to create the ComboBox when the the button is pressed but
> THEN (here is the question): I need it to execute a function,
> conn.getData(), in order to have the ComboBox populated. In mxml, I
> would use creationComplete. However, actionscript does not seem to have
> this method for ComboBox. What do I use?
>
> I've searched the methods for ComboBox but nothing is jumping out at
> me....except maybe initialized. Are the 3 phases of layout done before
> the call to a dataprovider (if I want the data at creationcomplete)?
>
> (Yes, I'm working through my flex authority issues too).
>
> And, while I'm at it, what would be the best method -- via
> actionscript-- for completely removing the ComboBox (and putting it out
> for garbage collection) if the minus button is pressed?
>
