How to create ArrayColletion in mx:Script from mx:Model id="results" source="/data/data.xml" /

Question

How to create ArrayColletion in mx:Script from <mx:Model
id="results" source="/data/data.xml" />
Please see my code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="absolute">
<mx:Model id="results" source="/data/data.xml" />
<mx:Script>
import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
import mx.utils.ArrayUtil;
import mx.controls.Alert;
</mx:Script>
<mx:ArrayCollection id ="dt1"
source="{ArrayUtil.toArray(results.result)}"/>
<mx:Script><![CDATA[
[Bindable]
public var expenses:ArrayCollection = dt1;
[Bindable]
public var expenses2:ArrayCollection = dt1;
[Bindable]
public var dp:ArrayCollection=expenses;
public function changeDataProvider():void{
Alert.show(expenses.toString());
if (dp==expenses){
dp=expenses2;
}else{
dp=expenses;
]]></mx:Script>
<mx:Panel x="10" y="10" width="100%" height="378"
layout="absolute">
<mx:ColumnChart dataProvider="{dt1}" x="10" y="10"
id="myChart" height="318" width="100%">
<mx:horizontalAxis>
<mx:CategoryAxis categoryField="month"/>
</mx:horizontalAxis>
<mx:series>
<mx:ColumnSeries displayName="apple" yField="apple"/>
<mx:ColumnSeries displayName="orange"
yField="orange"/>
<mx:ColumnSeries displayName="banana"
yField="banana"/>
</mx:series>
</mx:ColumnChart>
<mx:Legend dataProvider="{myChart}" x="481" y="10"/>
</mx:Panel>
<mx:Button x="284" y="416" label="Change Data" id="bt"
click="changeDataProvider()" />
</mx:Application>

Answer 1

Tracy,
Thanks. That worked. However I have another related question:
I convert the xml feed to a XMLListCollection by doing:
<mx:XMLListCollection id="mission"
source="{xmlFeed.lastResult.day}"/>
and
<mx:XMLListCollection id="mission1"
source="{xmlFeed.lastResult.day.tBlock}"/>
On the chart I have
<mx:ColumnChart id="missionReadiness" height="150%"
width="100%"
paddingLeft="2" paddingRight="2"
showDataTips="true" dataProvider="{mission1}">
<mx:series>
<mx:ColumnSeries xField="" yField="@today"
displayName="Today"/>
<mx:ColumnSeries xField="" yField="@tomorrow"
displayName="Tomorrow"/>
<mx:ColumnSeries xField="" yField="@afterT"
displayName="After Tomorrow"/>
</mx:series>
</mx:ColumnChart>
the yField works, but for the xField I want to have the @date
but refers to the parent node, so I am clueless on how to refer to
it.
Also, I would like to display on the chart only the values to
a specific date (like @date="05/17/2007").
Any suggestions on how to do that?
Gilbert