I have an idea, but not sure. When I pasted your code, I noticed end of line characters in some of your strings.
For example: <mx:Object case="1006" patient="Sandy Macdaddy" arrival="2007/12/05" delivery="2007/12/20" /> This should be <mx:Object case="1006" patient="Sandy Macdaddy" arrival="2007/12/05" delivery="2007/12/20" /> I cleaned it, compiled it, and ran it. All was good. However, I also changed it from an Mx:Module to an Mx:Canvas, and then dropped it in my main application. Hope this helps, Seth From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mcaplan_labnet Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 9:21 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Newbie compile issue rattling my brain Hi there, I'm learning the ropes of Flex. I have a pretty much textbook example of how to set up a datagrid that is resulting in compile time syntax errors. I can't for the life of me see the error. Any ideas? Thanks! mike Severity and Description Path Resource Location Creation Time Id 1084: Syntax error: expecting colon before rightbrace. labnet/src/modules cases_list.mxml line 7 1196183214547 851 1084: Syntax error: expecting colon before rightbrace. labnet/src/modules cases_list.mxml line 7 1196183214547 854 1084: Syntax error: expecting colon before rightbrace. labnet/src/modules cases_list.mxml line 7 1196183214547 857 1084: Syntax error: expecting colon before rightbrace. labnet/src/modules cases_list.mxml line 7 1196183214547 860 1084: Syntax error: expecting colon before rightbrace. labnet/src/modules cases_list.mxml line 7 1196183214547 863 1084: Syntax error: expecting identifier before case. labnet/src/modules cases_list.mxml line 7 1196183214531 850 1084: Syntax error: expecting identifier before case. labnet/src/modules cases_list.mxml line 7 1196183214547 853 1084: Syntax error: expecting identifier before case. labnet/src/modules cases_list.mxml line 7 1196183214547 856 1084: Syntax error: expecting identifier before case. labnet/src/modules cases_list.mxml line 7 1196183214547 859 1084: Syntax error: expecting identifier before case. labnet/src/modules cases_list.mxml line 7 1196183214547 862 1084: Syntax error: expecting identifier before rightbrace. labnet/src/modules cases_list.mxml line 7 1196183214547 852 1084: Syntax error: expecting identifier before rightbrace. labnet/src/modules cases_list.mxml line 7 1196183214547 855 1084: Syntax error: expecting identifier before rightbrace. labnet/src/modules cases_list.mxml line 7 1196183214547 858 1084: Syntax error: expecting identifier before rightbrace. labnet/src/modules cases_list.mxml line 7 1196183214547 861 1084: Syntax error: expecting identifier before rightbrace. labnet/src/modules cases_list.mxml line 7 1196183214547 864 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Module xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" width="100%" height="100%"> <mx:TitleWindow width="100%" height="100%" layout="absolute" title="Cases"> <mx:DataGrid left="10" top="10" right="10" bottom="10"> <mx:dataProvider> <mx:ArrayCollection> <mx:source> <mx:Object case="1002" patient="Chris Pordan" arrival="2007/12/02" delivery="2007/12/16" /> <mx:Object case="1003" patient="Dave Shompson" arrival="2007/12/03" delivery="2007/12/17" /> <mx:Object case="1004" patient="Pat Boodfellow" arrival="2007/12/04" delivery="2007/12/18" /> <mx:Object case="1005" patient="Mike Meath" arrival="2007/12/05" delivery="2007/12/19" /> <mx:Object case="1006" patient="Sandy Macdaddy" arrival="2007/12/05" delivery="2007/12/20" /> </mx:source> </mx:ArrayCollection> </mx:dataProvider> <mx:columns> <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Case" dataField="case"/> <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Patient" dataField="patient"/> <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Arrival" dataField="arrival"/> <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Delivery" dataField="delivery" /> </mx:columns> </mx:DataGrid> </mx:TitleWindow> </mx:Module>