The DataGridColumn docs say the sortCompareFunction gets passed a fields parameter in addition to the item objects being compared. Have you checked the fields parameter to see what's in it?
Doug
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djbrown_rotonews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> bump. any help?
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djbrown_rotonews"
> djbrown_rotonews@ wrote:
> >
> > anyone? I've seen similir questions asked before, and never saw an
> > answer that directly pertains to the DataGrdColumn issue.
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "djbrown_rotonews"
> > <djbrown_rotonews@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm using Flex Beta 2 and wanting to implement a generic sort
> that
> > > will handle the approximate 20 columns I'm displaying.
> > >
> > > I've got it set up as follows:
> > > <mx:DataGridColumn id="col1" resizable="false"
> > > textAlign="center" fontWeight="bold" headerText="STA"
> > > width="{dgDelays.width/22}" headerWordWrap="on"
> > dataField="acfrmsta"
> > > labelFunction="labelFunction" sortCompareFunction="sortAlpha"/>
> > >
> > > and my sortAlpha takes the form of:
> > > public function sortAlpha(a:Object,b:Object):int {
> > >
> > > var field:String="acfrmsta";
> > > var string1:String = a[field].attribute("dataValue");
> > > var string2:String = b[field].attribute("dataValue");
> > >
> > > if (string1==string2)
> > > return 0;
> > > else if (string1 < string2)
> > > return -1;
> > > else
> > > return 1;
> > > }
> > >
> > > as you can see, I have to hard-code in the value of arfrmsta in
> > the
> > > sortalpha() method. How can I drill down and get this value
> > > programatically if I don't have access to something like
> > columnIndex
> > > (which DOES exist apparently in DataGridListData)? Either that,
> or
> > I
> > > can iterate over the column headers if something like
> > isItemSelected
> > > () existed.
> > >
> >
>
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