Thanks, Jeremy and Tracy, for the fast answer! By using the
labelFunction now the data is displayed correctly.
-- Niko
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "jsscardinal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I encountered this same thing before. The solution is to use a
> labelfunction.
>
> Like this:
>
> Here is the grid column.
> <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Port Country"
> labelFunction="myLabelFunction" />
>
>
> Here is the function which should reside inside the Script tag:
>
> private function myLabelFunction(item:Object, col:DataGridColumn) :
String
> {
> return item.userGroup.name;
> }
>
> Give this a try.
>
> Jeremy Sanders
> Cardinal Solutions Group.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Niko Schmuck" <niko.schmuck@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi FlexCoders:
> >
> > Coming from a Java background, I was surprised that the dot
operator is
> > not working as I expected.
> >
> > The array with the data structure and children is populated from the
> > (Hibernate) data source at creationComplete time with:
> >
> > ds.fill(users, "all.users", []);
> >
> > The array collection is declared via:
> >
> > <mx:ArrayCollection id="users" />
> >
> > and then used inside the datagrid ...
> >
> > <mx:DataGrid id="dgrid" dataProvider="{users}" editable="false">
> > <mx:columns>
> > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="User ID" dataField="id"/>
> > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="First Name"
> dataField="firstName"/>
> > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Last Name" dataField="lastName"/>
> > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Group" dataField="userGroup.name"/>
> > </mx:columns>
> > </mx:DataGrid>
> >
> > Unfortunately the dot-access to the related user group name seems
not to
> > work, there is just nothing being displayed. If
> dataField="userGroup" then
> > there is [object UserGroup] displayed inside the datagrid column.
> >
> > So how do you retrieve the properties of the related user group
object?
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> > Niko
> >
> >
> > PS: The classes for value objects look very straight-forward:
> >
> > // User.as
> > package com.example.flex
> > {
> >
> > [Managed]
> > [RemoteClass(alias="com.example.flex.User")]
> >
> > public class User
> > {
> >
> > public var id:Number;
> > public var firstName:String = "";
> > public var lastName:String = "";
> > public var userGroup:UserGroup;
> >
> > public function User() {
> > }
> >
> > }
> > }
> >
> >
> > // UserGroup.as
> > package com.example.flex
> > {
> >
> > [Managed]
> > [RemoteClass(alias="com.example.flex.UserGroup")]
> >
> > public class UserGroup
> > {
> >
> > public var id:Number;
> > public var name:String = "";
> >
> > public function UserGroup() {
> > }
> >
> > }
> > }
> >
>
