Okay finally nailed it myArrayCollection.source = ArrayUtil.toArray(event.result.record);
Hopefully tomorrow's success will come much easier ! Ben Marchbanks ::: alQemy ::: transforming information into intelligence http://www.alQemy.com ::: magazooms ::: digital magazines http://www.magazooms.com Greenville, SC 864.284.9918 Tracy Spratt wrote: > e4x is the acronym for ECMA Script 4 XML, or something like that. When > you specify it as the resultFormat for an RPC data service call, it > means that your result object will be an XML object and that you can use > the new, Actionscript 3 xml selection expressions with it. If you do > NOT specify it explicitly, the resultFormat is object, which means that > your result data is converted int a nested mx:Object structure. This is > significant to your question because it affects how you will examine the > result object. Also, the default object conversion seems to simplify > namespace issues, but I find it harder to work with than e4x xml. > > > > First, set up a result handler function. You can do this on the service > level of for individual operations. I'll show one on the tag. In the > Tag, set the function name: > > <mx:WebService id="get_home_list" result="onResult(event)" ...> > > > > And the function declaration: > > private function onResult(oEvent:ResultEvent):void > > { > > > > oEvent is an object containing your result data. What that object > contains first depends on the resultFormat you have specified for the > WebService or the operation, as discussed above. > > > > If you are using the default, try: > > trace(ObjectUtil.toString(oEvent.result)) > > > > if you are using e4x xml, then try: > > trace( XML(oEvent.result).toXMLString() ) > > > > Tracy > > > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of fgwenger > Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 5:46 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Examining web service results structure > > > > > I'm not sure what e4x is. Here is my webservice declaration. It > returns a query from a ColdFusion web service (Flex=ArrayCollection, I > think). > > <mx:WebService id="get_home_list" > wsdl="http://imd9.state.or.us/ex/bcd/loisflex/lois.cfc?WSDL > <http://imd9.state.or.us/ex/bcd/loisflex/lois.cfc?WSDL> " > useProxy="false" showBusyCursor="true" > > <mx:operation name="qry_get_home_list"> > <mx:request> > <q_home_id>0</q_home_id> > </mx:request> > </mx:operation> > </mx:WebService> > > Thanks. > > Fred > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > , "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Sure. Are you using e4x? Post your WebService tag declaration. >> >> >> >> Tracy >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > ] On >> Behalf Of Ben Marchbanks >> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 2:30 PM >> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> >> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Examining web service results structure >> >> >> >> Hey Tracy, >> >> Can you elaborate more on exactly how you would do >> this ? sample snippet..... >> >> You gave me the same advice in my attempt to count >> the records returned from a request. >> >> Thanks >> >> Ben Marchbanks >> >> Tracy Spratt wrote: >>> Don't bind directly to lastResult. Instead, use a result handler >>> function, to which you have passed the event object. In that > fuction, >>> you can examine event.result at will. >>> >>> >>> >>> If you are using resultFormat="e4x", use toXMLString(). If you are >> using >>> the default object resultFormat, then you need to find out how to > dump >>> the object. >>> >>> >>> >>> Tracy >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> >>> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> >> [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> >> ] On >>> Behalf Of fgwenger >>> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 1:37 PM >>> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> >>> Subject: [flexcoders] Examining web service results structure >>> >>> >>> >>> I wondered if there was a way in Flex debug or somewhere in Flex to >>> see how it sees the object returned from a web service call. I am >>> consuming a web service that I don't have control of and it is > sending >>> back some structure. I can't tell what it looks like to Flex, so I >>> can't get the DataGrid's DataProvider path correct, e.g. >>> MyWS.MyMethod.LastResult.... then what? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > >
