YES! you rock =) that fixed it right up.
Thanks! Thunder BTW I got another one comin for ya in about 5 minutes =) --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Ely Greenfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Thunder -- try setting categoryField to "". > > (If that fixes it, then it's definintely a bug). > > Ely. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of thunderstumpgesatwork > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 3:54 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] Having Column chart problem > > Hey guys, I'm having a problem I think may be a bug.. It has to do with > the category axis on a column chart when using XMLListCollection as a > dataProvider. > > Basically what I see is that if I use an actual data set (one of the > data providers from a series) as the category Axis dataProvider, the > labels show correctly. However if I pass an XMLList containing a list of > Simple elements containing the strings (or even just an array of > strings) for the category axis dataProvider, the labels don't show at > all. The documentation for CategoryAxis says: > > "The dataProvider property can accept either an array of strings or an > array of records (objects) with a property specifying the category name. > If you specify a categoryField property, the CategoryAxis assumes the > dataProvider is an array of Objects. If cateogryField is null, the > CategoryAxis assumes dataProvider is an array of Strings." > > It seems like this should work. I cannot seem to make it work. > > Below you can find a sample application and populateChart function which > demonstrates the problem. I have commented out the working two lines, > and the other two lines which exibit the problem are below it. > > Thanks in advance, > Thunder > __________________________ > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:Application > width="100%" height="100%" > xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2005/mxml"; > xmlns:root="*"> > > <mx:ColumnChart id="mainChart" width="403" height="232" /> <mx:Button > label="Fetch" click="populateStaticChart()"/> > > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > import mx.collections.ArrayCollection; > import mx.collections.XMLListCollection; > import mx.charts.series.ColumnSeries; > import mx.charts.CategoryAxis; > > public function populateStaticChart():void { > var oData:XMLList = null; > var oXML:XML = > <data> > <row> > <Platform>Convergence</Platform> > <Year>2005</Year> > <PageConvergenceMSMUnits>3.654</PageConvergenceMSMUnits> > </row> > <row> > <Platform>Convergence</Platform> > <Year>2006</Year> > <PageConvergenceMSMUnits>4.3</PageConvergenceMSMUnits> > </row> > <row> > <Platform>Convergence</Platform> > <Year>2007</Year> > <PageConvergenceMSMUnits>4.972</PageConvergenceMSMUnits> > </row> > <row> > <Platform>Convergence</Platform> > <Year>2008</Year> > <PageConvergenceMSMUnits>16.117</PageConvergenceMSMUnits> > </row> > <row> > <Platform>Convergence</Platform> > <Year>2009</Year> > <PageConvergenceMSMUnits>27.248</PageConvergenceMSMUnits> > </row> > <row> > <Platform>Convergence</Platform> > <Year>2010</Year> > <PageConvergenceMSMUnits>29.56</PageConvergenceMSMUnits> > </row> > </data>; > oData = oXML.row; > > var oXMLCol:XMLListCollection = new XMLListCollection(oData); > var aYears:Array = [ "2005","2006","2007","2008","2009","2010" ]; > > // add the category axis to the chart > var hAxis:CategoryAxis = new CategoryAxis(); > > // ***** this works ***** > //hAxis.categoryField = "Year" ; > //hAxis.dataProvider = oXMLCol; > > // ***** this doesn't ***** > hAxis.categoryField = null ; > hAxis.dataProvider = aYears; > > hAxis.name = "Year" ; > mainChart.horizontalAxis = hAxis; > > // add a series to the chart and try to use the XMLListCollection > as the DP > var sa:Array = mainChart.series > var cSeries:ColumnSeries = new ColumnSeries(); > cSeries.yField = "PageConvergenceMSMUnits" ; > cSeries.name = "Convergence"; > cSeries.dataProvider = oXMLCol; > // cSeries.stackField = "PageConvergenceMSMUnits"; > > sa.push( cSeries ); > mainChart.series = sa; > } > > > ]]> > </mx:Script> > > </mx:Application> > > > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
