I'm trying to use a DateField as a cell itemEditor/itemRenderer within an editable DataGrid that is using an xml e4x as its data provider. Unfortunately DateField uses selectedDate as its defaultProperty and when you pass an xml attribute into it you get cast errors because it wants data to already be in the Date type:
TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert [EMAIL PROTECTED] to Date. at mx.controls::DateField/set data()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\controls\DateFi eld.as:735] at mx.controls::DataGrid/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::setupR endererFromData()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\cont rols\DataGrid.as:1646] at mx.controls::DataGrid/commitProperties()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\project s\framework\src\mx\controls\DataGrid.as:1606] Has anyone figured this one out already? I thought I'd ask before I waste too much time on it. Here are two examples below, both throw the TypeError. I've also tried extending the DateField and changing the defaultProperty, but I still get the TypeError. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ [Bindable] public var xml:XML = <root><record date="1/1/2000"/><record date="1/1/2001"/></root>; ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:DataGrid x="10" y="10" dataProvider="{xml.record}"> <mx:columns> <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Date" dataField="@date" editable="true" rendererIsEditor="true" itemRenderer="mx.controls.DateField"/> </mx:columns> </mx:DataGrid> </mx:Application> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ [Bindable] public var xml:XML = <root><record date="1/1/2000"/><record date="1/1/2001"/></root>; ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:DataGrid x="10" y="10" dataProvider="{xml.record}"> <mx:columns> <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Date" editable="true" rendererIsEditor="true"> <mx:itemRenderer> <mx:Component> <mx:DateField selectedDate="{new Date(Date.parse([EMAIL PROTECTED]))}"/ <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]))%7d%22/> > </mx:Component> </mx:itemRenderer> </mx:DataGridColumn> </mx:columns> </mx:DataGrid> </mx:Application>