Well, that ExternalInterface performs really poorly with moderate-sized data sets is a known issue: http://codinginparadise.org/weblog/2006/02/how-to-speed-up-flash-8s.html
-- Maciek Sakrejda Truviso, Inc. http://www.truviso.com -----Original Message----- From: Dominic Pazula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] DataGrid and exporting values Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 18:54:02 -0000 Like a lot of people, I've been wanting to export values out of a data grid and into a file. I decided that I didn't want to go with the round trip to the server. Instead, I use the ExternalInterface to call a js function that opens a new window and writes the values into a HTML table (uses js and the DOM). I have a "copy all" button that selects the table and copies it to the clip board. The user has to just then open Excel and hit "paste." Slick, or so I thought. I'm having performance issues -- any table of decent size takes forever to write to the window. The js that is doing the heavy lifting is: for (i=0; i < data.length; i++){ j = 0; var newRow = winTable.insertRow(-1); for (j; j < data[i].length; j++){ var newCell = newRow.insertCell(j); var newText = win.document.createTextNode(data[i][j]); newCell.appendChild(newText); } } Does anyone have suggestions on what I can do to speed this up? Thanks Dominic PS Once I have this in decent working order, I will be happy post all the code.
