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Creating a horizontally scrolling DataGrid in Flash using ActionScript 3.0

by Peter deHaan on December 8, 2008 · 1 Comments

Often when displaying information in a data grid you need to show a lot of information in a small space. In these cases it is useful to create a horizontally scrolling data grid since it allows users to scroll the data grid horizontally as well as vertically to see all the information. The following example [...]

Resizing a DataGrid instance in Flash using ActionScript 3.0

by Peter deHaan on December 8, 2008 · 0 Comments

There are several ways different ways to resize a DataGrid component on the display list. Previous examples have used the width property to resize the component horizontally. You can also resize a DataGrid instance by setting the height or rowCount property, or by calling the setSize() method. Note: Resizing a component using the width, height, [...]

Specifying a data grid’s contents using a data provider in Flash using ActionScript 3.0

by Peter deHaan on December 8, 2008 · 1 Comments

The previous topic briefly demonstrated how to add items to a data grid using the DataGrid class’s addItem() method. In addition to adding items directly to the DataGrid instance, you can also create a new DataProvider object and set the data grid’s dataProvider property. There are three main ways to add items to a DataProvider [...]

Dynamically creating a DataGrid instance in Flash using ActionScript 3.0

by Peter deHaan on December 8, 2008 · 0 Comments

When creating projects with components, you’ll often need to create a component instance dynamically instead of at authoring time. Creating a component dynamically allows your applications to be more flexible and your code to be slightly more portable because you can add, reposition and resize instances using ActionScript. There are two main ways to create [...]

Determining the current sort column and sort order on a Flash CS3 DataGrid control

by Peter deHaan on April 2, 2008 · 4 Comments

Often when building an application you need to determine the current sort column and sort order, since the user can re-sort columns at any time by clicking on a column’s header. The following example shows how to listen for the headerRelease event (DataGridEvent.HEADER_RELEASE) to determine the current sort order after a user clicks on a [...]

Sorting data grid columns numerically in Flash CS3

by Peter deHaan on April 1, 2008 · 5 Comments

By default, columns in an ActionScript 3.0 DataGrid control are sorted alphabetically. If the user tries to sort a column containing numeric data the columns may not be sorted as expected. In order to specify that a column contains numeric data you must set the column’s sortOptions property and specify that the column is numeric [...]

Creating data grid columns using the DataGridColumn object

by Peter deHaan on April 1, 2008 · 0 Comments

The following example creates a new DataGridColumn instance in Flash CS3 and adds it to the ActionScript 3.0 DataGrid using the addColumn() method. Full code after the jump.

Using embedded fonts with the DataGrid control in Flash CS3

by Peter deHaan on March 10, 2008 · 1 Comments

The following example shows how you can use embedded fonts with a Flash CS3 DataGrid control in ActionScript 3.0. Full code after the jump.