I have a slider like so:

<mx:HSlider id="myslider" width="245" allowThumbOverlap="true" thumbCount="1"
snapInterval="1" tickInterval="1"
values="[11]" labels="['Jan', 'Dec']" minimum="1" maximum="12"
change="sliderChangeTwo(event)" dataTipFormatFunction="getSliderLabel"
themeColor="#73B9B9"/>

every month I go in and change the values to the current month like November
is 11. How can I have it shoe this month automatically. I have been looking at
the date stuff but there is an error because dates are strings and the slider
acceps numbers. Any thoughts?

Thanks
George

This works:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
import mx.events.SliderEvent;

private var months:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection([
"January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
"July", "August", "September", "October", "November",
"December"
]);

private function getSliderLabel(num:Number):String{
return months.getItemAt(num-1) as String;
}

private function getCurrentMonth():Array{
return [new Date().getMonth()+1];
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:HSlider id="myslider" width="245"
tickInterval="1" values="{getCurrentMonth()}"
labels="['Jan', 'Dec']" minimum="1" maximum="12"
dataTipFormatFunction="getSliderLabel"
snapInterval="1"/>
</mx:Application>

...and here's another way to do it...
View source at:
http://www.anaheimwib.com/_comps/slider/

Main difference is I'm using arithmetic on the current date to get you a date
one month out, and using the formatted result as a bindable in the slider
labels property. Since the "futureDate" var contains today's date + one month,
you could also use this var anywhere else in your code where you need the
entire future date. This is useful at the end of the current year, where you
might want to add two months to today's date, and get a date in 2009, for
instance.

I included the use of the Date formatter class to get you started on returning
just a portion of a date, formatted as you wish (M="1", MM="01", MMM= "Jan",
MMMM= "January"). Simply change the formatter's format string and the slider's
labels will also be updated.

On more thing...if you are planning on using the slider's retun value to get a
month's number, remember that in actionscript the month numbering starts at 0
(you are specifying 1-12; AS uses 0-11).

Complete code:



<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute"
creationComplete="initApp()" viewSourceURL="srcview/index.html">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
private var dateNowate = new Date();
private var futureDateate = new
Date(dateNow.getFullYear(),dateNow.getMonth()+2,da teNow.getDate());
private var minHSliderLabel:String;
private var maxHSliderLabel:String;
[Bindable]
private var sliderArray:Array;
[Bindable]
private var currentMonth:Number = dateNow.month+1;

private function initApp():void{
minHSliderLabel=myDateFormatter.format(dateNow);
maxHSliderLabel=myDateFormatter.format(futureDate) ;
sliderArray = [minHSliderLabel,maxHSliderLabel];
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mxateFormatter id="myDateFormatter" formatString="MMM"/>

<mx:HSlider id="myslider" width="245" snapInterval="1" tickInterval="1"
labels="{sliderArray}" minimum="1" maximum="12" themeColor="#73B9B9" y="26"/>

</mx:Application>

Greg,
Thanks alot. I have it working to select the current month. I cannot seem to
get it to start out that way. when the app loads it brings in the data, All
months are shown in my chart, and the correct month (Dec) is where the thumbs
is (so thats good) when I move the thumb to November it changes the chart
perfect. But when it loads there are all 12 months how can I get it to just
have December to start? When I move the thumb back to December it looks
perfect. Thanks for all your help.

George