Make datafield in datagrid a hyperlink to website

Question

I makes an HTTPService request which returns data to a datagrid. One of the returned fields is a website (without the "http://www" and ".com" so basically just the guts ("mywebsite"). I want to make the datafield an active link but do not know where or how to do this.
THanks

Answer 1

You can Use A Renderer For that and can use Link Buttton as a component.
Sample code below: I have Hard coded URL you can use data.url from your HttpService result.
Application:::
<?xml version="1.0"?><mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" backgroundColor="white" backgroundGradientColors="[0xFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFF]">
<mx:Script><![CDATA[import 
mx.collections.ArrayCollection; [Bindable]
public 
var myAC:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection([{firstName:"Prad",lastName:"Shek",url:"http://www.compassites.net"},{firstName:
"Alex",lastName:"Harui",url:"http://www.adobe.com"}]);
]]>
</mx:Script><mx:DataGrid id="dg" width="500" height="100" dataProvider="{myAC}"><mx:columns>
<mx:DataGridColumn
dataField="firstName" headerText="First Name"/><mx:DataGridColumn
dataField="lastName" headerText="Last Name"/><mx:DataGridColumn
headerText="URL" itemRenderer="LinkREnderer"/>
</mx:columns>  
</mx:DataGrid>
</mx:Application> 
Renderer::::
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mx:LinkButton
xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" label="Click On Me" click="navigateToURL(new URLRequest('http://www.compassites.net'))"/> 
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Cheers,
Prad.