Hi Thanks for replying What does we mean by custom sort compare function, Can we provide any examples of both sort and sort compare functions or little more details about what and how does we do that? Thanks much fro your help
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > If you have a labelfunction, you’ll probably need a custom sortcompare > function > > > > Alex Harui > > Flex SDK Developer > > Adobe Systems Inc. <http://www.adobe.com/> > > Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui > > > > *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *anuj181 > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 04, 2009 3:51 PM > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* [flexcoders] Problem in sorting XMLList collection as a > dataProvider for the list > > > > Hi Guys > > I am trying to sort the xmllist collection which is the dataprovider for > the list. As the implementation of name-value pairs, i am displaying the > entries in form of string in List and would like to sort all the data > displayed in the List alphabetically, I am making a call through amfphp call > to grab data from backend and populate XMLListCollection but now I need to > sort the data in the list. Below is the code,Can anyone please help me where > I am messing things up. Also please let me know if there is any question > regarding the code and if there is better way of doing it. > > Thanks > > /******************CODE************/ > > <mx:RemoteObject id="amfSetup" source="Setup" destination="amfphp"> > <mx:method name="getList" result="getListHandler(event);" > fault="getListFault(event);"/> > </mx:RemoteObject> > > [Bindable] private var entriesXmlListFull:XMLList; > [Bindable] private var entriesXmlCollection:XMLListCollection; > > > public function getListHandler(event:ResultEvent):void > { > > entriesXmlListFull = XML(event.result).device; > populateEntries(); > } > private function getListFault(event:FaultEvent):void > { > Alert.Show("Error retreiving Data"); > } > > //Displaying names need to be displayed in the List box > private function entriesLabelFunc(item:Object):String > { > var xmlItem:XML = item as XML; > > return xmlItem..attribute.(@name=="friendlyname"); > } > > //Populating List with XML Objects > private function populateEntries():void > { > entriesXmlCollection = new XMLListCollection(); > > for each(var item:XML in entriesXmlListFull) > { > > var friendlyName:String = item..attribute.(@name=="friendlyname"); > //Only add camera type > if ( !recordValue && hasFriendlyName && (itemType.toUpperCase() == > "CAMERA") ) > { > entriesXmlCollection.addItem(item); > } > } > > //Calling Sort on XMLList collection > entriesXmlCollection.sort = sortList; > entriesXmlCollection.refresh(); > > > } > > > <mx:Sort id="sortList"> > <mx:fields> > <mx:SortField name="*" caseInsensitive="true" /> > </mx:fields> > </mx:Sort> > > <mx:List id="listData" dataProvider="{entriesXmlCollection}" > labelFunction="entriesLabelFunc"/> > > >
