Flex 4, is it possible to populate a tree component with sqlite table data?

is it possible to populate a tree component with sqlite table data?
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Kristin

Hi Mustafa,
it is true, the function can return component as type. This is more for the scenario, when you want to recognize some component based on some checks, eg.
if(something)
return CHECKBOX_1;
else
return CHECKBOX_2;
so, the use case exists for sure. But of course the application itself is static.
where do you see a scenario for dynamic creation of components?
The only one component which can instantiate new components is the SplitCellContainer, and this is restricted to the drag&drop action from Fragment Bookmark Gallery. And this is again restricted to containers, as Fragment can hold containers as parent component. Of course the container content will be created/instantiated as well (I have coded example with ComponentManager in the Community SDK: Second Functional Application with SDK Components (Online Composition v.2) blog).
As far I know there is no function in SplitCellContainer which would "simulate" the drop of a Fragment today (perhaps worth an Idea on this?). Having that - the scenario would be possible. Today, this can be made partly - but the user would need to drag&drop a prepared fragment with the component.
Anyway, the problems will start after the creation - then it would be require to have also functions to re-position the new created component in some other container - this would be complex probably.
Karol

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The complete library contains over 7,000 files and additions are added and documents changed almost daily.
We currently use batch files to open the main menu from it's shortcut and this runs a check on a sync log file (.txt) to ascertain when the last time the user synchronised with the server to get the latest copy of the files.
Between a certain time range they are told how long it has been since they sync'ed and are offered the option to sync before opening, after a prescribed timeframe they cannot enter without synchronising. We use Allways Sync to conduct the file synchronisation with our mother files on our server.
What I'd like to do is take advantage of Allways Syncs automatic synchronisation options to synchronise on log on and at prescribed idle periods there after.
This works fine but I'd like the text field on the main menu PDF to say when the last synchronisation took place - easy if the main menu is the last file modified .. just use info.modDate.
However, the main menu is rarely modified therefore I wish to import the text to populate the text field from a different file.. either by interrogating the other files modifictaion data (though I doubt Acrobat can do this) or by simply importing some text stored in another file (a .txt file?) which has previously been created by batch file commands.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Nifty Styles
(Norfolk, England)
P.S. I'm using Acrobat 8.3.1. Professional on Windows XP (SP3).

Thank you for all your help above.
Just to confirm your advice, am I right with the following conclusions? :
1. The script (function) to fill the text field with the modification date of a different PDF file needs to be stored in a folder level .js file.
2. The document containing the text field needs to call the .js function either within the document script or within the custom script property of the text field itself.
Further to that can you just advise on the syntax for accessing the modification date of the other document.
Do I need to assign a variable to the address of the file to be used, and then use this variable in the text form filling script (as below) or can I use a direct file reference at the .modDate command.
var LastSync = "C:\sync\bin\lastsync.pdf";
var strMsg = util.printd("h:MM tt",LastSync.modDate) + " on ";
strMsg += util.printd("dddd, d mmmm, yyyy",LastSync.modDate);
this.getField("LastSyncDate").value = strMsg;
If the syntax is totally different to the above I would be very grateful for some guidance in the right direction.
I much appreciate your time to help me ... I'm almost there.
Kind Regards,
Nifty

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