Tag Archives: XML
Bluestring Flex application launches at Techcrunch40
I just arrived at Techcrunch40 as AOL prepares to launch a brand new Flex application our team has been working on for the past few months (though it seems like years). Our group is releasing an application called Bluestring that allow users upload, share, and make ”creations”. Bluestring also offers’s users the ability to pull assets from other online services [...]
Using XML with DataGrid itemRenderers
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 [...]
Binding XML to ComboBox using XMLListCollection
This post has been in serious need of updating since its one of my more popular posts, but the post is really outdated.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 [...]
Posted in AIR, Flex Also tagged AIR, Binding, ComboBox, DataGrid, XMLList, XMLListCollection 18 Comments
Bringing special characters into Flex with XML
In a recent project, I wanted to load the Unicode values for special characters from an external XML file to add a special characters panel to the RichTextEditor. I wanted these values to show up in a label or text box using something like label.htmlText =”\u00A9″, which would produce the copyright symbol. However, when I [...]
Binding Complex XML to a DataGrid in Flex (Redux)
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 [...]
HTTP Status 201 causing Flex #2032 Error in IE only