*Beautiful* That works perfectly. Here's my finished code using a datagrid with an id of myDataGrid and a bound datasource for the grid of myDataSource.
The datagrid is set up like this:
<mx:DataGrid id="myDataGrid"
dataProvider="{myDataSource}"
editable="true"
itemEditEnd="formatData(event)" itemClick="getmyvalue(event)">
Then the getmyvalue function is this:
private function getmyvalue(event:ListEvent):void
{
originalvalue =
myDataSource[event.rowIndex-1][myDataGrid.columns[event.columnIndex].dat
aField];
lbltwo.text =originalvalue;
}
If anyone copies the code, note that I had to use rowIndex-1 to get the
proper row index, but the columnIndex was fine the way it was.
Thanks again for your help, Alex.
Bob
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Alex Harui
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 3:04 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] value of clicked/focused cell in a datagrid
It would be books[2][dg.columns[3].dataField] unless there are hidden
columns or labelFunctions or custom renderers.
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From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Ramsey, Robert L
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 12:57 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] value of clicked/focused cell in a datagrid
Alex, thanks for the reply. I tried that, but had problems figuring out
how to put the "name" in. I may not have explained very well.
Let's say I have the following datagrid with an id="books":
+-------------+----------+-------+------------+
| Condition | Course | Price | Bookname |
+-------------+----------+-------+------------+
| In Plastic | EMB 101 | 100 | Embryology |
| Well-read | EMB 102 | 75 | Embryology |
| In Plastic | Anat 101 | 100 | Anatomy |
| In Plastic | Anat 101 | 100 | Anatomy |
| Highlighted | Anat 102 | 25 | Anatomy |
| Well-read | Surg 101 | OBO | Surgery |
+-------------+----------+-------+------------+
The user can click in any cell in any row or column. If the user clicks
in row2, column3, I can use rowIndex and columnIndex to get 2 and 3. I
could get the data by doing books[2].Bookname, but how do I know that
Bookname is the heading for column 3? I could do a lookup that says if
columnIndex==3, then fieldname=Bookname, but how do I use a string
variable in the call? I know I can do books[rowIndex].Bookname to get
the data, but how do I use a variable for the column name?
Or do I just know that because I'm hardcoding in the field names for the
columns in the DataGridColumn? If I just let the DataGrid component
build the columns, then the columns are dependent on the order of the
fields in the underlying database format and if I ever have to change
that format, then I'd have to update all of this. I'd like something a
little more portable.
Did I explain that ok?
Thanks for your help! It really is appreciated!
Bob
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Alex Harui
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 1:59 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] value of clicked/focused cell in a datagrid
acMyStuff[i] is the data object in the dataprovider, but normally those
things are objects with fields and not another array. Your
datagridcolumns use .datafield to pull the field. So it would be
something like acMyStuff[1].name
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From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Ramsey, Robert L
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 10:42 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] value of clicked/focused cell in a datagrid
Ok, I am definitely being a real idiot here. All I want to do is find
out the value of cell that a user has clicked on, tabbed into, or
entered into. I can get the row number and column number, but I can't
find the syntax to get the data out of the arraycollection. For other
languages, I'd just do something like val = acMyStuff[1][4] to get the
data from the multidimensional array. Any ideas?
Thanks.
Bob
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