Tag Archives: DataGrid

Using XML with DataGrid itemRenderers

By Mister | Published: August 23, 2006
For a recent project I needed a way to create a ComboBox in a DataGrid component that was populated by an XML file.   I found an older example by Brendan Meutzner that used an ArrayCollection. This was a good starting point, so I modified and added to the file to create an example that uses [...]
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Binding XML to ComboBox using XMLListCollection

By Mister | Published: August 18, 2006
This post has been in serious need of updating since its one of my more popular posts, but the post is really outdated. Here is a new way to bind your data to a ComboBox and DataGrid by loading your XML document and converting it to an XMLListCollection. Update 9/15/2009 An easier way to convert [...]
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Adding Drag-and-Drop & Drop Deny to DataGrid

By Mister | Published: August 16, 2006
I wanted to add a drag-and-drop UI element to a current project. What I wanted was to create two DataGrid components, side-by-side, one that I could drag  items from to create an ordered list of selected items in another DataGrid.  I also wanted to reorder the items in the second DataGrid to my liking.   The only restriction I had was that the [...]
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Binding Complex XML to a DataGrid in Flex (Redux)

By Mister | Published: July 31, 2006
Most binding examples work with a flat XML structure. However, in most cases the format of the data will not work directly with Flex components. I was looking for a way to bind complex XML to a DataGrid in Flex 2. I ran across a post by Brandon Purcell dealing with the same subject but [...]
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