Hi Jason,
Thanks for the clarification & the explanation. I'll start with Item
renderers.
-Aejaz
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Jason Szeto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Aejaz,
>
>
>
> What the error message is saying is that you have assigned
> two values to the TileList's dataProvider property. The first place is
> the mxml attribute: <mx:TileList dataProvider="{myQArr}" ...>. The
> message also explains that the TileList's default property is
> "dataProvider". What this means is that if you place tags inside of the
> TileList and don't specify which property they belong to, then it
> assigns the value to the default property (which is "dataProvider"). The
> FormItem inside of TileList is thus being assigned to TileList's
> dataProvider property.
>
>
>
> TileLists are not containers, so they can't contain other components
> inside of it. You need to use an itemRenderer if you want to control the
> appearance of the individual items.
>
>
>
> I'm assuming in this situation that you didn't mean to have the FormItem
> inside of the TileLIst. Just remove it and you should be able to
> compile.
>
>
>
> Jason
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of aejaz_98
> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 7:16 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Flex2B3: Problem with a custom component &
> nested repeaters
>
>
>
> I changed the second repeater to a TileList as follows,
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
> layout="absolute" xmlns:ns1="components.*">
> <mx:Script>
> <![CDATA[
> [Bindable]
> public var myArray:Array=["A","B","C","D"];
> [Bindable]
> public var myQArray:Array=[{label:"A"}];
> ]]>
> </mx:Script>
>
> <mx:ArrayCollection id="myAC" source="{myArray}"/>
> <mx:ArrayCollection id="myQArr" source="{myQArray}"/>
> <mx:Accordion id="accordion" x="139" y="303" width="200"
> height="200">
> <mx:Repeater id="myrep" dataProvider="{myAC}">
> <ns1:QuestionForm label="{myrep.currentItem}" width="199"
> height="178">
> &nb! sp; <mx:TileList dataProvider="{myQArr}" maxColumns="1"
> >
> <mx:FormItem label="">
> <mx:Button label="Inner"/>
> </mx:FormItem>
> </mx:TileList>
> <mx:FormItem label="">
> <mx:Button label="Outer"/>
> </mx:FormItem>
> </ns1:QuestionForm>
> </mx:Repeater>
> ! </mx:Accordion>
>
> </mx:Application>
>
> N! ow I get the compilation error : Multiple initializers for property
> 'dataProvider'. (note: 'dataProvider' is the default property of
> 'mx.controls.TileList').
> Please let me know why is it taking the dataProvider for the repeater ?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Aejaz
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "aejaz_98" <aejaz_98@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have the following application,
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
> > layout="absolute" xmlns:ns1="components.*">
> > <mx:Script>
> > <![CDATA[
> > [Bindable]
> > public var myArray:Array=["A","B","C","D"];
> > [Bindable]
> > public var myQArray:Array=["A"];
> > ]]>
> > </mx:Script>
> > <mx:ArrayCollection id="myAC" source="{myArray}"/>
> > <mx:ArrayCollection id="! myQArr" source="{myQArray}"/>
> > <mx:Accordion id="accordion" x="139" y="303" width="200"
> > height="200">
> > <mx:Repeater id="myrep" dataProvider="{myAC}">
> > <ns1:QuestionForm label="{myrep.currentItem}" width="199"
> > height="178">
> > <mx:Repeater id="myrep2" dataProvider="{myQArr}">
> > <mx:FormItem label="">
> > <mx:Button label="Inner"/>
> > </mx:FormItem>
> > </mx:Repeater>
> > <mx:FormItem label="">
> > <mx:Button label="Outer"/>
> > </mx:FormItem>
> > </ns1:QuestionForm>
> > </mx:Repeater>
> > </mx:Accordion>
> > </mx:Application>
> >
> > QuestionForm is a custom component defined as follows,
> >
> > <?xm! l version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> > <mx:Form xmln! s:mx="ht tp://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">
> > <mx:Script>
> > public var categoryID:Number;
> > </mx:Script>
> > </mx:Form>
> >
> > </mx:Application>
> >
> > When I run this application, Flash gives the following Exception & the
> > application fails to load. However, if I change QuestionForm to Form,
> > the application runs fine. Please let me know what is missing here.
> >
> > TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
> > mx.core::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to Array.
> > at mx.core::UIComponent/createReferenceOnParentDocument()
> > at mx.core::Container/createComponentFromDescriptor()
> > at mx.core::Container/createComponentsFromDescriptors()
> > at mx.containers::Accordion/::instantiateSelectedChild()
> > at mx.containers::Accordion/::commitSelectedIndex()
> > at
> > mx.containers::Accordion/mx.containers:A! ccordion::commitProperties()
> > at mx.core::UIComponent/validateProperties()
> > at mx.managers::LayoutManager/::validateProperties()
> > at mx.managers::LayoutManager/::doPhasedInstantiation()
> > at mx.core::UIComponent/::callLaterDispatcher2()
> > at mx.core::UIComponent/::callLaterDispatcher()
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Aejaz
> >
>
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