As a total newbie, having just seen this in the docs, I may be totally wrong, but have you looked at the DataGrid's placeSortArrow() method?
I'm not sure how you use it, but it looks promising. Regards, -- Ian M. Jones ________________________________________ IMiJ Software http://www.imijsoft.com http://www.ianmjones.net (blog) On Tue, May 22, 2007 14:06, polestar11 wrote: > Hi there > > I tried exactly that in various different ways, but wasnt able to get > it to work. > > I have an array, which I convert to an array collection, on which I > sort and refresh, after which I set as a dataProvider for my DataGrid. > > Still no sort arrow is shown. > > I then tried extending the DataGrid class, but that opened up another > can of worms > > Help, anyone?? > Tracy > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Manish Jethani" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On 4/28/07, Mark Piller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Do you know how to configure a datagrid to automatically sort in a >> > particular column before the data is rendered? >> >> Basically you just set the sort on the collection, and the DataGrid >> will appropriately display a sort arrow on the header. So it's the >> collection you need to sort. >> >> You can see an example of how to sort a collection here: >> >> http://www.adobe.com/livedocs/flex/2/langref/mx/collections/Sort.html >> > > > > > -- > 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 > > > > >
