Flex Advanced datagrid Auto-sort Disable

is there any way to remove the auto-sorting in advanceddatagrid in flex 3. i need columns to get sorted only on clicking of headers not with the change of value in editable ADG.

Alright guys I got the answer. The previous coder was using AdvancedDataGridColumnGroup unnecessarily.
The ADGColumnGroup has a default behavior of not showing sort arrow.
So the answer is to use ADGColumn.
Bhargav

Similar Messages

Flex Advanced DataGrid with dynamic grouping

Can we implement something similiar as in below link, using flex 3.
http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/grid/examples/groupby/grouploadmodeclient/defaultcs.a spx
I am not sure if flex 3 allows grouping of columns based on drag - drop component. Plus how to show the pictorial view of grouped columns, same as in the above example.
Any help greatly appreciated.

This blog post seems to answer your question:
http://blog.flexgeek.in/2007/06/tips-tricks-adding-a-combobox-to-a-datagrid-header-as-head errenderer/
http://omalraj.com/2009/06/flex-datagrid-header-with-a-combobox-filter/
http://franto.com/custom-header-in-datagrid-part-2/
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui/2007/03/thinking_about_item_renderers_1.html
If this post answers your question or helps, please mark it as such. Thanks!
http://www.stardustsystems.com
Adobe Flex Development and Support Services

PLEASE HELP!! Need some way to read header text in advanced datagrid using QTP

I am writing a function to read column names in advanced data
grid. There is no operation for that and any of the properties that
I can use to read the column names.
Please suggest any way that I can get the names of columns in
the advanced data grid.
Thanks

I hope to hear something from adobe folks...I am providing
more info.....
I am using QTP 9.2 and Flex 3 add-in available from Adobe.
My application has flex Advanced datagrid object and I am
trying to read column names for the datagrid.
I have contacted developers and they told me that column
names for flex advanced datagrid are stored in "Header Text"
I have tried reading "Header Text" using
GetROProperty("HeaderText") but it doesn't return anything.
I have tried the following code:
x =
Browser("app").FlexApplication("flexapp").FlexCanvas("Canvas").FlexAdvancedDatagrid("esti mategridid").GetROProperty("Header
Text")
msgbox x
I have also tried getting value for column names using other
available properties for webtables like outerhtml, outertext, alt
etc. but I don't get any data.
Part of the problem may be because none of the above
mentioned properties are supported by Flex Advanced datagrid.
I have also tried getting child objects but I always get the
data in datagrid as values but not the column names.
My primary reason for getting column names is to write a
function to update cell in datagrid independent of application. So,
I want to pass column name as a parameter to the function and get
the corresponding columnIndex in the function by comparing the
parameter value against column names.
Thanks to all for you help...

(Advanced)DataGrid with selectable columns

Hello -
I'm trying to make a Flex (Advanced)DataGrid component with some mechanism where the user can toggle the visibility of the columns. I've crudely implemented this by reading in the columns into the right-click menu, and when a column name is selected here, the visibility is toggled. It works, but it's not the most elegant solution.
Specifically, I'm trying to emulate the "datagrid" that Mozilla Thunderbird uses to display emails. Here is an image:
In the upper right, there is an icon over the scroll bar. If there is no scrollbar, the icon remains in the same place. When clicking the icon, it opens up a menu that shows all the possible columns, with the visible ones having a check mark next to them, like this:
Also, the scroll bar always appears under this button, never "pushing" it over into it's own column.
I'd like to re-create this in Flex. I believe the menu part and creating a column with a button headerRendered is easy enough. But I can't figure out how (if at all possible) to do this with the scrollbar, because the scrollbar always seems to be "its own column". Any ideas or help would be appreciated. Thank you.
- Ian

This blog post seems to answer your question:
http://blog.flexgeek.in/2007/06/tips-tricks-adding-a-combobox-to-a-datagrid-header-as-head errenderer/
http://omalraj.com/2009/06/flex-datagrid-header-with-a-combobox-filter/
http://franto.com/custom-header-in-datagrid-part-2/
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui/2007/03/thinking_about_item_renderers_1.html
If this post answers your question or helps, please mark it as such. Thanks!
http://www.stardustsystems.com
Adobe Flex Development and Support Services

Pagination in Advanced Datagrid ..

I need to use pagination for Flex advanced datagrid...how should i get the length of the groupingcollection for calculating my page size....
For the Flex datagrid i have it working as I have the length of dataprovider which will be my page size....
Any ideas...or can anyone post an example of advanced datagrid with pagination...Will be of great help...
Thanks

have a look @ this http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/flashbuilder4_datapaging_php.html

How to disable auto-sort for AdvancedDataGrid

Hello,
I am using Flex 4, ActionScript 3.
I want to disable auto-sort. Meaning I want the sort to be executed only when the user clicks the column header, not when new rows are added to the binded collection or when values are changed.
So far, I've found only this on the Internet:
http://]http://tomek.me/disable-sort-on-datagrid-edit-update/
I'd like to avoid doing that if possible.
Many months ago, I found a solution that involved using event.preventDefault() placed somewhere. I thought I wouldn't have a problem finding it again, but I am.
Can someone please help? Thanks!
Bon :-D

Hi,
I have created SSCCE. I do not like that jComboBox spread over the whole display. I would like that the jComboBox width is only about 2 inches (5cm). If you run example below you will see that jComboBox width auto resize.
Regards,
Primoz
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class PrimozComboBox extends JPanel {
    JLabel picture;
    public PrimozComboBox() {
        String[] petStrings = { "Bird", "Cat", "Dog", "Rabbit", "Pig" };
        String[] cityStrings = { "New York", "Ljubljana", "Chicago" };
        JComboBox petList = new JComboBox(petStrings);
        petList.addItem("This is very long pet name, which could spread over many lines");
        add(petList);
        JComboBox cityList = new JComboBox(cityStrings);
        cityList.addItem("This is very long city name, which could spread over many lines");
        add(cityList);
    private static void createAndShowGUI() {
        //Create and set up the window.
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("ComboBoxDemo");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        //Create and set up the content pane.
        JComponent newContentPane = new PrimozComboBox();
        newContentPane.setOpaque(true); //content panes must be opaque
        frame.setContentPane(newContentPane);
        //Display the window.
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
        //creating and showing this application's GUI.
        javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                createAndShowGUI();
}

Advanced Datagrid GroupingCollection of flat data (XMLLISTCollection) while sorting throws exception

HI,
     Iam using AdvancedDatagrid inorder to group the flat data populated from the backend through BlazeDS. Result data will be in xml format and i have converted it to xmllistcollection and assigned to the grouping collection source. Flat data is grouped by one of the attribute called 'Name' and refreshed after data has been populated.
Data structre used as input is: WIth this structure, iam grouping by the field 'Name'.
  <Report> <att_report>
<id>FDR1</id>
<Name>Feeder 1</Name>
<frequency>Monthly</frequency>
<Field>Finance 1</Field>
<Aug_10>100</Aug_10>
<Jul_10>200</Jul_10>
</att_report>
<att_report>
<id>FDR1</id>
<Name>Feeder 1</Name>
<frequency>Yearly</frequency>
<Field>Finance 2</Field>
<Jul_10>200</Jul_10>
</att_report>
<att_report>
<id>FDR2</id>
<Name>Feeder 2</Name>
<frequency>Quarterly</frequency>
<Field>Finance 3</Field>
<Jul_10>2000</Jul_10>
</att_report>
<att_report>
<id>FDR2</id>
<Name>Feeder 2</Name>
<frequency>MOnthly</frequency>
<Field>Finance 2</Field>
<Jul_10>2000</Jul_10>
</att_report>
<att_report>
<id>FDR4</id>
<Name>Feeder 4</Name>
<frequency>yearly</frequency>
<Field>Finance 5</Field>
<Jul_10>2000</Jul_10>
</att_report>
</Report>
Grouping is done as expected. We have additional functionalities like soring / seraching of the result set. Either one is working fine. Other functionality throws excpetion mentioned below.
When any of the advanced datagrid grid column header is clicked for sorting, it throws exception. I have pasted the exception below for reference.
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at mx.collections::HierarchicalCollectionView/internalRefresh()[C:\work\flex\dmv_automation\ projects\datavisualisation\src\mx\collections\HierarchicalCollectionView.as:709]
at mx.collections::HierarchicalCollectionView/refresh()[C:\work\flex\dmv_automation\projects \datavisualisation\src\mx\collections\HierarchicalCollectionView.as:686]
at mx.controls::AdvancedDataGridBaseEx/sortHandler()[C:\work\flex\dmv_automation\projects\da tavisualisation\src\mx\controls\AdvancedDataGridBaseEx.as:6869]
at mx.controls::AdvancedDataGrid/sortHandler()[C:\work\flex\dmv_automation\projects\datavisu alisation\src\mx\controls\AdvancedDataGrid.as:6899]
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
at mx.core::UIComponent/dispatchEvent()
at mx.controls::AdvancedDataGrid/headerReleaseHandler()[C:\work\flex\dmv_automation\projects \datavisualisation\src\mx\controls\AdvancedDataGrid.as:7120]
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
at mx.core::UIComponent/dispatchEvent()
at mx.controls::AdvancedDataGridBaseEx/mouseUpHandler()[C:\work\flex\dmv_automation\projects \datavisualisation\src\mx\controls\AdvancedDataGridBaseEx.as:5738]
at mx.controls::AdvancedDataGrid/mouseUpHandler()[C:\work\flex\dmv_automation\projects\datav isualisation\src\mx\controls\AdvancedDataGrid.as:8457]
I tried with couple of options but still not able to get rid of the excpetion. I browsed through couple of links also, still not able to find an solution. Can i know whether it is a bug or it can be fixed.
Any help / suggestions on this will be great.
Thanks in Advance,
Srinivasan

Read the error messages and pay attention to the line number of the error:
1)1 import java.io.*;
2
3 public class Test
4 {
5   public static void openFile()
6   {
7     FileOutputStream f = new FileOutputStream("data.txt");
8   }
9
10   public static void main (String[] args)
11   {
12     openFile();
13   }
14 }
$ javac -cp "" Test.java
Test.java:7: unreported exception java.io.FileNotFoundException; must be caught or declared to be thrown
    FileOutputStream f = new FileOutputStream("data.txt");
                         ^
1 error2)1 import java.io.*;
2
3 public class Test
4 {
5   public static void openFile() throws FileNotFoundException
6   {
7     FileOutputStream f = new FileOutputStream("data.txt");
8   }
9
10   public static void main (String[] args)
11   {
12     openFile();
13   }
14 }
$ javac -cp "" Test.java
Test.java:12: unreported exception java.io.FileNotFoundException; must be caught or declared to be thrown
    openFile();
            ^
1 error3)
1 import java.io.*;
2
3 public class Test
4 {
5   public static void openFile() throws FileNotFoundException
6   {
7     FileOutputStream f = new FileOutputStream("data.txt");
8   }
9
10   public static void main (String[] args)
11   {
12     try
13     {
14       openFile();
15     }
16     catch(FileNotFoundException e)
17     {
18       System.out.println("Error file doesn't exist.");
19     }
20   }
21 }
$ javac -cp "" Test.java
$
1 import java.io.*;
2
3 public class Test
4 {
5   public static void openFile() throws FileNotFoundException
6   {
7     FileOutputStream f = new FileOutputStream("data.txt");
8   }
9
10   public static void main (String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException
11   {
12     openFile();
13   }
14 }
$ javac -cp "" Test.java
$

Does compiling an advanced datagrid using flex ant task require additional config other than the license property?

Hi,
    I am trying to build my Flex app which uses the Advanced Data Grid in a couple of locations. Originally, when I built the app using the flex ant tasks, I noticed the Visualization Trial watermark show up on the screen. I then added the license tag with the serial number to my flex-config.xml and re-ran my ant build. The watermark goes away, but then when I look at the advanced datagrid, the datagrid shows up with the hierarchy, but the data does not display in the grid (only the group by nodes are visible, not the data for the leaf elements). This works fine when I build the app using my Flex Builder. Is there something I am missing or need to add to my flex ant task to make this work?
Any help or guidance is much appreciated.
The following is the ant task to build the module that uses the ADG:
    <target name="compile-modules" depends="compile-shared">
        
        <echo>Compiling module 1...</echo>
        <mxmlc file="${modulesrc.dir}\ui\modules\mod1\Module1.mxml"
                output="${dist.dir}\modules\mod1\Module1.swf"
                actionscript-file-encoding="UTF-8"
                incremental="true"
                default-background-color="0xFFFFFF"
                use-network="false"
                load-externs="${extern-report-xml}">
            <load-config filename="${FLEX_HOME}/frameworks/flex-config.xml" />
            <source-path path-element="${FLEX_HOME}/frameworks"/>
            
            <compiler.source-path path-element="${modulesrc.dir}"/>
            
            <compiler.library-path dir="${main.dir}" append="true">
                <include name="${lib.dir}"/>
            </compiler.library-path>
            <compiler.library-path dir="${FLEX_HOME}/frameworks" append="true">
                <include name="libs" />
                <include name="locale/{locale}" />
            </compiler.library-path>
            <compiler.debug>true</compiler.debug>
        </mxmlc>
    </target>
And here is the ant task for the main application:
    <target name="compile-ui" depends="compile-modules">
        <mxmlc file="${src.dir}/MainApp.mxml" output="${dist.dir}/MainApp.swf"
                actionscript-file-encoding="UTF-8" keep-generated-actionscript="false"
                fork="true" maxmemory="1024m">
            <jvmarg value="-XX:MaxPermSize=256m"/>
            <load-config filename="${FLEX_HOME}/frameworks/flex-config.xml"/>
            <source-path path-element="${FLEX_HOME}/frameworks"/>
            <source-path path-element="${src.dir}"/>
            <source-path path-element="${main.dir}/locale/{locale}"/>
            
            
            <compiler.library-path dir="${FLEX_HOME}/frameworks" append="true">
                <include name="libs/datavisualization.swc" />
                <include name="libs/flex.swc" />
                <include name="libs/framework.swc" />
                <include name="libs/rpc.swc" />
                <include name="libs/utilities.swc" />
                <include name="locale/{locale}" />
            </compiler.library-path>
            <compiler.library-path dir="${main.dir}" append="true">
                <include name="${lib.dir}"/>
            </compiler.library-path>
            <runtime-shared-library-path path-element="${FLEX_FRAMEWORK}/framework.swc">
                <url rsl-url="framework_3.2.0.3958.swf"/>
                <url rsl-url="framework_3.2.0.3958.swz"/>
            </runtime-shared-library-path>
            <compiler.debug>true</compiler.debug>
        </mxmlc>
    </target>
Regards,
Purush

to remove watermark i have added license key in WEB-INF\flex\license.properties file as key = value

Advanced Datagrid error in Flex 2

Hi,
I copied the source of Advanced Datagrid and the related
classes from Flex Moxie SDK into my personal project and changed
the package name etc. wherever required. Now I don't get any
compile time error. But I get runtime error as
TypeError: Error #1007: Instantiation attempted on a
non-constructor.
at com.resources::ResourceManager$/getInstance()
at com.controls::AdvancedDataGrid$cinit()
at global$init()
at FinalADG/::_AdvancedDataGrid1_i()
at FinalADG$iinit()
at _FinalADG_mx_managers_SystemManager/create()
at mx.managers::SystemManager/::initializeTopLevelWindow()
at mx.managers::SystemManager/::docFrameHandler()
Is there anybody from Adobe to help me??
Thanks in advance.

Hi John,
Sorry, we do not officially support this.
Is there any particular reason why you cannot using the
AdvancedDataGrid directly (or derive from it)?
Thanks,
Swaroop

HP QTP10 cannot read Automation values of Advanced DataGrid

Hi everyone,
We're an Automation functional testing team, testing a flex application with HP QTP v10. So far we've successfully automated many parts of the application. Now, we're struck at a serious issue.
The issue is QTP cannot read automation values specified for an Advanced Datagrid (ADG).
While trying to read row data of the ADG, the automation name of QTP shows like,
"lblData | someGroup | | ** | | | | | | | | | | lblData"
The screenshot of Object Spy while spying ADG is also attached.
Other than the Automation Index, we are not able to populate any automation values of a row data.
The ADG is a custom one. Our development team has customized it in some way, and we dont have access to the code. They are using an External renderer or Custom renderer to render values into the column.
As there is no possiblity for value-based recording, we tried to access the ADG with index-based recording. Then, we 're able to perform operations like Click, but cannot read contents of the row/cell.
We're using:
HP Quick TestProfessional v10.0
Flex plugin 4.5
Internet Explorer 7
Flash Player v10
Our Questions are:
How to get automation values for these custom ADG?
Is there any other possible ways to access the custom ADG components other than these automation values?
Do we need any patches/plugin upgradation to perform this?
Is there any other tools in market that can recognize and access these custom ADGs?
Without these automation values we're unable to proceed further work. Any replies/comments/help are welcome.
Thank you!

A sortCompareFunction would look something like:
Function sortWithNullAtEnd(a:Object, b:Object, field:Array = null):int
    if (a.fieldName == null && b.fieldName == null) return 0;
    if (a.fieldName == null) return 1;
    if (b.fieldName == null) return –1;
    if (a.fieldName < b.fieldName)
        return –1;
    if (a.fieldName > b.fieldName)
        return 1;
    return 0;
Note that this sort would be unstable so you might be better off using a second field to get stability.

SortcompareFunction is not working properly for more than 1 column in advanced datagrid

Hi Guys,
I am using an advanced datagrid with groupingCollection.
I have more than 1 grouped column. How ever I am using 2 sort compare function to sort date and time.
The problem is when I am trying to sort date its workinf properly then when I jump to time column its not working and sorting few rows only inside the column but not the entire column. samething happen when I sort time first and the date is not sorting.
any help will be really appriciable .
Thanks in advance.

In our application we tend to use views to return appropriate values for a particular user.
For example (we do building inspections) the publication item sql is like
select * from inspection_sites where id in (select site_id from v_pda_bi_sites where bi_id=:bi_id)
The view acts like a dynamic parameter table (in this cases looks at experience level, status of sites, and responsibility allocations). Once the driving views are tuned this works quite efficiently, and as the dependant tables for the publication item automatically includes all of the tables in the driving view, the object gets refreshed if there is any change to any of them, even if the site details themselves have not changed

How to make the navigation tree icon in an advanced datagrid to expand in different columns

Hi All ,
I am using an application built using Flex 3 .
In my application I am using an AdvancedDataGrid for datadisplay.
And the hierachy is like this
Tree structure in advanced datagrid at present :
Header 1
Header 2
Header 3
Header 4
Header 5
Parent Tree
   Expanded1
      Expanded2
          Expanded3
                 ParentTree
Expanded1
Expanded2
Expanded3
value
Expected tree structure in advanced datagrid :
Header 1
Header 2
Header 3
Header 4
Header 5
ParentTree
Expanded1
Expanded2
Expanded3
value
can someone tell me if this is possible in advanced data grid and if possible please let me know how do i expand the tree icons in seperate columns ...
Thanks ,
Ajantha

Hi,
you can check the view source of html and check the onclick code written on that plus sign(Expand All), just copy that onclick javascript code and put it on page javascript event.
Thanks,
Jaydip Bosamiya
+91-76000 23053
http://jbosamiya.blogspot.com

Mx_internal_uid problem with advanced datagrid

I have a XML structure like this:
<Projekti ...attributes>
<Tehtava ....attributes />
<Tehtava ...attributes />
</Projekti>
<Projekti...>
...etc
And I'm populating advanced datagrid with this hierarchial
data, so I can get a tree view in datagrid where there is Projekti
-nodes and inside them is the Tehtava-nodes.
Problem:
When I bind the XML, and the hierarchialdata (that is created
from the XML) flex automatically adds
<mx_internal_uid>a324235351514......</mx_internal_uid>
-nodes inside of the Projekti-nodes. And this causes empty folders
added in a tree view when user clicks them.
Is there a simple way to:
a) prevent thos uid-nodes being created?
b) filter thos <mx_internal_uid>-nodes out from the
dataprovider of the advanced datagrid?

I know this is way after-the-fact, but I just ran into this problem myself today. I found that it generated the mx_internal_uid if the node I was selecting was an XMLList instead of XML. A simple cast fixed the problem.
P.S. "And this causes empty folders added into a tree view when user clicks on them." makes perfect sense when you're using the XML inside a <mx:Tree>. As soon as you select the item (whether by clicking or programmatically), you get extra nodes in the tree.

Tree in Advanced datagrid

I want to display datagrid as the child on opening the parent in advanced datagrid?.

Hi
I need something similar to this Using an item renderer that spans an entire row http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=advdatagrid_10.html instead of chart its datagrid.

Drag and Drop in DataGrid/Advanced DataGrid

Hi All,
Here is the scenario, assume that i have some 10 records in
DataGrid/Advanced DataGrid .I have selected 4th record and when i
try to drag the selected item to
down, i should be able to drag all the records one step down
from the selected record( from 4 th record to 10th record)
i.e, re-arranging the items
If i drag the selected item(assume that some 6th record) to
top, say to 2nd row then from the second row all the rows
has to come down.
And How do we
add the rows at middle and at the specified position?
Any help will be appricated and Thanks in Advance.

Hi All,
myself got the solution for re-arranging the datagrid items
by using the pre-defined properties of DataGrid.
I can also get the index number of Items while start dragging
but the problem is how do i get the index number where the Items
dropped.
Here is the code..............
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="horizontal">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.controls.Alert;
import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
[Bindable]
private var datagridData:ArrayCollection = new
ArrayCollection([
{task:"testing drag and
drop",category:"Office",priority:"Medium"},
{task:"testing datagrid
DND",category:"personal",priority:"High"},
{task:"testing services for
todo",category:"office",priority:"Medium"},
{task:"meet ravi on
sunday",category:"personal",priority:"Low"},
{task:"buy a book",category:"friends",priority:"Medium"},
{task:"play cricket",category:"friends",priority:"Low"}]);
private function onDragStart():void
Alert.show("selected Indices"+dataGrid.selectedIndices);
private function onDragComplete():void
Alert.show("selected Indices"+dataGrid.selectedIndices);
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:DataGrid id="dataGrid" dataProvider="{datagridData}"
dragEnabled="true" dragMoveEnabled="true"
dropEnabled="true" allowDragSelection="true"
allowMultipleSelection="true" rowCount="10"
dragStart="onDragStart()"
dragComplete="onDragComplete()">

<mx:columns>
<mx:DataGridColumn dataField="task" headerText="Task"
width="200"/>
<mx:DataGridColumn dataField="category"
headerText="Category"/>
<mx:DataGridColumn dataField="priority"
headerText="Priority"/>
</mx:columns>
</mx:DataGrid>
</mx:Application>

Flex Advanced datagrid Auto-sort Disable

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for