100% scaling problem with datagrid

Question

I have a situation where I have an AdvancedDataGrid in an hbox . I have a checkbox called scrollTable that changes the width of the AdvancedDataGrid
<mx:HBox height="100%" id="gridWrap" width="100%" >
<mx:AdvancedDataGrid
if(scrollTable.selected){
                        deals.width = 2200;
                    }else{
                        deals.percentWidth = 100;
                    gridWrap.validateSize();
Everything is contained in a panel with a fixed width set by the user. The behaviour I want is for just the hbox to have scroll bars when the AdvancedDataGrid  is given a size of 2200 , not the outer containing panel to get scrollbars and the hbox expanding inside the panel. I suspect that the problem is because the hbox has 100%, which is what I need because the user can resize the panel.
Hope someone can help
thanks

Answer 1

The quickest solution is to:
1) Change the model variable to:
public var _xlcDg:XMLListCollection
1) set resultFormat="e4x" on the HTTPService instance
2) in the handler, do:
var xmlResult:XML = XML(event.result);
trace(xmlResult.toXMLString()); //to see what you have
var xlPersons:XMLList = xmlResult.person; //you can use the
XMLlist directly, but it is not best practice
trace(xlPersons.length); //what you expect?
_xlcDg = new XMLListCollection(xlPersons);
If you want an ArrayCollection, create a class to be your
value object, then loop through the XMLList and create a new
instance of the VO, assign the propderty values form the xml node,
then addItem() to put it in the array collection.
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