I'm trying to convert mxml to AS3and have what appear to be two identical
(except for their placement) instances of a datagrid. The one using mxml works.
The one using AS3 does not. The only difference I can see is the use of the
curly braces in the component, but I thought that was accounted for by making
the instance Bindable. What is wrong with the AS3 implementation?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" xmlns="*"
layout="absolute" creationComplete="init()" >
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.collections.ListCollectionView;
import mx.collections.XMLListCollection;

[Bindable] public var people:XMLListCollection
[Bindable] public var studentsDataGrid:MyDataGrid
[Bindable] private var myXmlList:XMLListCollection
[Bindable] private var myXml:XML;
public function init():void{
var myXml:XML =
<myXml>
<employee>
<name>Fred</name>
</employee>
<employee>
<name>Andy</name>
</employee>
</myXml>;
myXmlList=new XMLListCollection
myXmlList.source=myXml.employee
studentsDataGrid=new MyDataGrid();
studentsDataGrid.dataProvider=myXmlList;
studentsDataGrid.x=100
studentsDataGrid.y=50
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
<MyDataGrid id="studentsDataGrid2" dataProvider="{myXmlList}" x="300" y="50"/>
</mx:Application>

Class:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mxataGrid xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
creationComplete="init()">
<mx:columns >
<mxataGridColumn width="85" dataField="name" />
</mx:columns>
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[

public function init():void{
trace("here")
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
</mxataGrid>

Did you forget to add this newly baked datagrid to some container, in this
application itself?

Something like this.addChild(studentsDataGrid) right after the line:

studentsDataGrid.y=50


ATTA

"SiHoop" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to convert mxml to AS3and have what appear to be two identical
> (except for their placement) instances of a datagrid. The one using mxml
> works.
> The one using AS3 does not. The only difference I can see is the use of
> the
> curly braces in the component, but I thought that was accounted for by
> making
> the instance Bindable. What is wrong with the AS3 implementation?

Making a property bindable _enables_ you to bind to it. It does not
actually execute any binding.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/...tid=1741212660