can you give me a bit of code and I'll look at it so i can compile the examples
----- Original Message ---- From: Derrick Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 9, 2008 1:21:51 PM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] new to VO's, why won't this cast? i tried your first suggestion, the second one I had already tried- at least with this one I get an error TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert [EMAIL PROTECTED] to com.winn.vo. EmployeeVO. Still the same question though, the datatypes seem to be compatible- so why the error? thanks, d. On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Jon Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED] l.com> wrote: On Jun 9, 2008, at 1:54 PM, Derrick Anderson wrote: var testVO:EmployeeVO = DataGrid(event. currentTarget) .selectedItem as EmployeeVO; Maybe this will help: var testVO:EmployeeVO = EmployeeVO(event. currentTarget. selectedItem) ; or var testVO:EmployeeVO = event.currentTarget .selectedItem as EmployeeVO; good luck, jon