Flex :: Canonical Way To Get Data From A Parent In The Containment Tree?
Jan 19, 2011
I have an actionscript-instantiated component in a containment hierarchy; it extends ComboBox, but it's instantiated dynamically--you never know when you're going to need it. Somewhere up in its containment hierarchy, there's a thing which extends NavigatorContent which logically is the right place to put the valid values for said combo box. What's the canonical way for that child component to get a reference to that set of valid values?
I have a Flex tree with an ArrayCollection as data provider. The collection holds an array of CategoryVO objects. Each object can have another array of CategoryVO objects inside it's "child" attribute. This way the tree displays the data correctly. Now I want to get the parent of a specific item, e.g. tree.selectedItem. Using XML as data provider the item parent is avaiable thorugh the parent() method. But I can't convert my data to XML. How can I get an item's parent? Perphaps using the tree's dataDescriptor?
I have a XML based Tree Control. The XML Structure is recursive, so the children's can have the same Element as the parent. I now want to let the user add and remove the elements. Do do so I need to get the parent element of the selected Item. Following code I already collected together:
var selected:XML = treeControl.selectedItem; parent.insertChildAfter(selected:XML, newElement);
I just don't know how to get to the selected parents node as there is no such method like treeControl.selectedItem.parent.
I need to have link buttons at end of each parent node as shown below: -->(Parent)IBM Machines (rename | delete | disable) Child 1 Child 2 Child 3 -->(Parent)Sony ( rename | delete | disable) Child 1 Child 2 Child 3 Rename ,delete and disable are supposed to be link buttons. I have tried with label function and other methods also but not able get the exact requirement.
I have component with Trees and I'm moving elements from one to another. I store data in dataProvider as XMLList with labelFiled="name" and itemRenderer as class, which expends one (thanks to that nodes and elements have checkboxes). I enabled moving mechanism between Trees just by enabling Tree's properties (dragEnabled="true" dragMoveEnabled="true" dropEnabled="true"). Problem occurs when I try to get data from dataProvider, which has only elements. To get data I use command:
In flex 3 I have a hierarchical data structure. I would like to display the content of it in a tree. My problem is that I have nodes which data calculated from children nodes. How to structure the hierarchy to make automatic changes to those parent nodes, if their children's data changed? For example:
Every node has a warning flag. If some of the children warning flag changed to true, then the parent warning flag should change automatically set to true. A node integer field is the sum of the children integer fields, and if any of the children changes, the parent integer field "calculates" the sum immediately. Is there an easy solution wit good structuring changes happen automatically, or I have to make some custom functions?
I'm trying to make a Flex Tree Component display the children of a sprite in a hierarchical way. Moreover, dragging the items on the FlexTree would resort and reparent the items. I have special Elements set as Folders. This would allow other elements to be added there as a children by dragging an element on the tree and dropping it there. I have a failed attempt which works, but breaks when I try to add folders. Basically, it fails at reparenting the items by dragging and resorting folders and that Does anyone know of a component or something which can do this, has anyone have created any of this or could anyone give me a clue?
Now I have added my tree just below the list and I have saved counting from 10 to 19 in one.xml, 20 to 29 in two.xml and so on in different XML file. I have no clue how to connect the XML containing counting from 10 to 19 as the single node in tree at the selection of label one in list
I have a Flex tree with an ArrayCollection as data provider. The ArrayCollection is composed by objects linked eachother by the "children" field (that is an Array containing other children objects)
Does anybody tried Dynamic column grouping using Hirarchical/tree data structure in Flex advanced datagrid ? is it possible to create a column header dynamically and so the datagrid column with using certain datafield using dataprovider dat.
I am working on Air application,i had a problem on Tree control.Iam adding nodes for the tree dynamically, while adding nodes to the tree i am setting Tree.selectedItem as present added node. after that i need to fire Tree.itemClick event handler method also.how can i call event handler method as a common method. in Flex3
I have a parent w/ a popup child. When parent loads, I have to call a function within the popup without showing the popup (thus, I load "pupLove" but don't include it in layout)....I then pass this data to the parent. When the user manually clicks another button to open the popup, the same function is called & data passed to the parent. However, I am not able to pass dg.length to the parent. I believe the root problem is that I am loading "pupLove" & thus the parents are getting confused.....I'm guessing if I get rid of "pupLove" I can pass the data correctly but will need to call the child's function at creationComplete of the parent....how do I do that?Here's my parent:
I need to have link buttons at end of each parent node as shown below [code]rename, delete and diasble are link buttons. I have tried with label function and other methods also but not able get the exact requrement.
Im using tree component and XMLConnector here.as far as i can see results in my tree (when testing my movie) it ouputs data thats loaded fom ext. XML file.But the problem is that it publishes [type Function] in the tree. no actual xml nodes are visible, just bunch of [type Function] ive also searched for info / tutorial how to publish actual xml data in the tree component but without any luck.So what should i do and how ?
I have been trying to populate a tree control via an httpservice that uses php to talk to a database. The queries work fine and the data comes back in the following format from php: echo "<root>"; echo "<topic>"; echo "<sectioncode>$sectioncode</sectioncode>"; echo "<children>"; echo "<labtitle>$title</labtitle>"; echo "</children>"; echo "</lab>"; echo "</root>";
Flex can see this and interprets the heirarchy fine unless i try to format the resultformat in the httpservce (if i do that it goes a little nuts). The results from the php query to the db come back as an ArrayCollection with each containing a "root->topic->sectioncode->title" type of structure (which is what I want). When I go and try to use this Arraycollection as a dataprovider for a tree control, it doesn't work at all. When I use the arraycollection as the dataprovider I get [object,object] for every row in the tree and there is no parent/child structure.
Ideally I would like the title to be a child of the numbercode, but when i try and format the return from xml like that the number becomes and object without a value and the title becomes a child. I have a feeling that I am missing something in the php return to show the structure to flex more clearly and also something in the tree to implement it as the data provider better. Here is the code that I am using in the tree: <mx:Tree x="25" y="48" height="451" id="ilabtree" dataProvider="{labarray}" labelField="@title" width="152" textAlign="center"></mx:Tree>
I have a tree using an ArrayCollection/Object data provider. The following code worked with an XML data provider but won't work with the non-XML data provider:
The problem is that a cannot acces the nodes in the tree using AS3 syntax. My guess is that the problem is nhe namespacing that is making it impossible. I have been sitting for hours trying to set namespaces or removing them, but i just cant get this to work. I can load the XML, but as soon as i try to walk down the tree i get no data output. Here is my actionscript so far:
var myNamespace:Namespace = new Namespace( "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" ); default xml namespace = myNamespace; var xmlLoaderAvdelningar:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
[code].....
there is no way for me to acces one of the nodes in the tree and trace the data. To me the namespacing in the XML is very confusing, and i have no experience working with this kind of XML
I have been given the task at work to create a interactive tree. A little like a family tree, but instead of people it will be branches (think of them as buildings). I've spent a day or so looking and finding out how to get the data from my SQL database in a format that flash can read it etc. Anyhow the problem is I don't really know where to start with the graphical aspect of it...
Each branch can have more than one child and i want the user to be able to scroll through the history of that branch, seeing it's parent branch and also it's child branches, each branch will have a certain amount of information to show. So it's almost as if i need to create a branch class and then use this and load all the data into it etc.
Should i create a new layer for each branch? Then when the user clicks a down button i just take them to a new layer? Do i create the whole thing on one layer and have navigation buttons so the user can scroll around the window and see all the other branches?
It would be nice if i could draw the damn thing at run time, and the user almost walks along lines from one branch to another, and has the option which path to take if one branch has more than one child etc.
Goal: load XML data (it parses automatically), parse through the XML tree and assign the values to an array of my choosing for access later in the movie. Problem: I can load the XML data, but the only time I can access the XML functions, i.e. XML.firstChild, or XML.getChildNodes(), is when I am within an XML.onLoad function.
I have a intro to a picture of a tree which has buttons on it. The intro is an embedded flv video (not using the FLV component). The video starts on frame one and runs to frame 2. The tree is on frame 3.When I click a button on the tree, it runs the respective frames then returns to the tree. When the tree appears, the sound of the video is playing in the background.How can I make this stop?
I have a tree with nodes , and a delete button , first user select the node and click this delete button , I want this node to be removed from the tree , Its not XML , every node in tree is of type Object
{label:'folder',children:[{label:'file1'}]}
I tried delete myTree.selectedItem (but compiler wont let me do it) also tried myTree.selectedItem = null (just unselects the item)and also how can I access reference to parent object of myTree.selectedItem ?
I am currently developing a dynamic LineChart in FLEX 4.I am implementing a Tree control next to my LineChart, which will filter the LineChart dataprovider and lineseries. The tree control has several branches and ultimately 5 children (leaf nodes) at the bottom of the last branch.I need the leaf node/children to be displayed as checkboxes inside the tree control.As I understand,this will require overrides in the TreeItemRenderer class.This is where I am a little confused on how to implement that.Currently I can distinguish between leaf and branches using this code, in my main MXML component.I added this because it may be helpful to some beginning FLEXdevelopers, such as myself, who cannot easily find this functionality documented well:
private function treeClick(e:ListEvent):void { _selectedItem = Tree(e.currentTarget).selectedItem; if(mainTree.dataDescriptor.isBranch(_selectedItem)) {[code].....
I am looking at the TreeItemRenderer override class from the following example here: In the example, they override the "createChildden" super function to add checkboxes to the tree control.My question is, can I override the createChildren function directly in my MXML component, and not have to use an entire class file to override this functionality? Must I re-invent the wheel to do this?Also, how can I distinguish that my treeItem is a leaf node and not a parent, in the override function? I only want to add checkboxes to the leaf nodes, how can I differentiate? The following example adds checkboxes to all branches and leaf nodes, but I want to add checkboxes only to leaf node/children. How would you approach that?
override protected function createChildren( ): void { super.createChildren( );[code]............
Anyone know how to change a single instance of an item renderer for a Flex tree item at runtime? To reiterate, I'm not trying to change the entire tree's item renderer like this:tree.itemRenderer = new ClassFactory(ItemRenderer2);I'm trying to change the item renderer of a single tree item like this (the following code does not work):tree.selectedItem.itemRenderer = new ClassFactory(ItemRenderer2);To put it more simply, does anyone know how to reference an instance of an item renderer and set it to a new item renderer class? I've tried using the Tree's itemToItemRenderer() method with no success.
I have a Flex Tree component in my app. I set the icons for open and close. BUT I can't find something about changing the default background-color from white to something different.
obviously there is no background-color setable in css...
[code]All clips are squared.Ok, on the PlayerPlane, there are little soldiers, which have hotkeys. The effect I'm trying to create is I want to position the GameStage so that the currently selected soldier appears in the center of the GameClicker clip.The GameStage is movable by the player (to scan other areas of the map)by holding the CTRL key, so it's easy to kinda lose track of where your players are.I have tried using localTo Global and globalToLocal techniques, but I think I'm lost on the actual math of getting the GameStage to move the correct distance so that the selected soldier is centered to the GameClicker.[code]
