dataField will only accept strings, not expressions like "practice.name" These count as strings: "@attrName", "*".
labelFunction is the correct solution. Tracy ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Stewart Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 4:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Accessing Multi Dimensional Array Collection Data in a DataGrid Hi, I too was frustratetd by this. I think it ought to work in the way you've coded it. You can get it to work with labelFunction as follows, but its more long-winded. <mx:DataGridColumn labelFunction="practiceName" headerText="Practice" /> private function labelFunction (case : Object, column : DataGridColumn) : String { return case.practice.name; } Cheers, Tim ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of michaelisraelcaplan Sent: Monday, 18 February 2008 6:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Accessing Multi Dimensional Array Collection Data in a DataGrid Hi there, Probably a rather straightforward solution that I am just overlooking. I have an array collection that is acting as the data provider for a datagrid. I have mapped out all the columns between the array collection and the data grid with the DataGridColumn element. However, my array collection is multi dimensional, and I can't figure out how to map "deeper" content to the data field. The each collection row contains a nested array called "practice" that has values. How do I map my datagrid column to the "name" property of the nested array "practice"? <mx:DataGrid id="myCases" dataProvider="{cases}"> <mx:columns> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="practice.name" headerText="Practice" /> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="acknowledged" headerText="Ack" /> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="id" headerText="Case" /> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="arrival_date" headerText="Arrival" /> </mx:columns> </mx:DataGrid> Thanks, Mike
