Newbie: Datagrid = great, but what about textual presentations?

I am a php hack, now learning Flex. I can create datagrid presentations of my SQL data in a snap... fast and wonderful CRUD interface in an instant. Datagrid = great.
But what is the proper way of presenting and formatting data in a more textual context? Imagine a list of book titles presented with brief text story abstracts, generated from the database (and available to the MXML app as a php-generated XML file, of course). Each would be shown one after another with links to more content...
So what is the proper data container to use for text-intensive presentations... maybe even including images and CDATA?
Hope I have asked this clearly....
thanks

Any particular DataGrid column can have its own itemRenderer, and if you use something like TextArea you could populate the htmlText property.
htmlText property is not without its problems, such as data in a CDATA block might not render perfectly and might need to be massaged.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui/2007/04/more_thinking_about_item_rende.html
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/309897/what-is-the-best-way-to-display-html-in-flex
http://www.actionscript.org/forums/archive/index.php3/t-107897.html
If this post answers your question or helps, please mark it as such.

Similar Messages

Apple TV is great but what about the content?

So I went to the Apple Store today ready with cash in hand from my tax refund to buy an Apple TV. However, I was sadly surprised by the content loaded on the Apple TV. Both the movies clips and tv shows clips were grainy and poor quality. So much so that I was really debating buying it.
When speaking with one store rep, he stated that the clips were representative of the content available on iTunes yet de didn't know how to navigate thru Apple TV's menu nor did he know what the difference between 480P and 720P were.
Anyways, after speaking with another rep, I did buy it and I think it is great. Some on my stuff in 720P looks unbelieveable as does the movie trailers available thru Apple TV. Some of the free episodes I have downloaded from iTunes look good as well.
Can somebody tell me how shows like BattleStar Galactica look when purchased from iTunes?
2 Ghz Intel Core Duo MacBook Pro - 1.5 GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.9) Original 5GB iPod, Pepsi iTunes 6GB iPod Mini, Black 8GB iPod Nano

I agree that picture quality of iTunes content is not quite there yet imho. I have a 61" DLP, and bought an episode of remastered Start Trek as a test, and it looked pretty good. But for now, holding off on movies and HD shows until they are available in HD (I record current HD shows on an HD Tivo anyway.)
I will say that I am VERY impressed with the picture quality of the interface, photos and the album covers. The type is much cleaner/easier to read than even my Tivo Series 3 HD menu. And i love being able to control iTunes from the family room (I have an Airport Express and could stream iTunes music to my family room - but no way to see what was playing. And on my Tivo, I could stream music and see what was playing - but couldn't play content from iTunes store. So Apple TV is a great addition to my family room.)
I figure this is just the first step, and as early adapters we just have to be patient 'til all iTunes movies and tv shows are available in HD.
One feature I DO wish we had now was the ability to use album covers from streaming music (not just synced music) as a screensaver. I'm not syncing music - only video, since streaming works so nicely.

Airtunes - great, but what about other sound output?

Greetings All,
We have 5 different Macs in the house, and I love being able to broadcast iTunes to our main speakers from each machine, BUT, is there a way to send ALL audio through the AE? My son uses QT a lot, plus web browsing sound, etc. I've checked system prefs, but haven't seen anything. Can anyone help? Thanks!

Try this http://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/mac/
It will send all your audio but the syncing between audio and video needs work. Something about a buffer in the AE. It does let you send what ever audio you want though.

Dear Adobe, it's great you keep adding new features, but what about ...

Dear Adobe,
It's great you keep adding shiny new "newsworthy" features ... but what about fixing long-standing bugs/issues and addressing the basics that have been missing since the the beginning?
WHAT ABOUT LEAVING PASTED CLIPS SELECTED after a Paste operation in the Timeline?!? Like every other app in the world?
What about leaving a complex selection of clips intact after an UNDO operation? (This costs me hundreds of minutes a week.) Like every other app in the world?
What about allowing "." as an abbreviation for "00" when entering timecode?
What about letting the renaming of a clip in a bin be reflected in timelines?
What about a "reduce project" option? (To remove all items not used by selected sequences, like Ae.)
What about actually useful clip labels (colors) which link between timeline items and their respective clips in the bin? (Like Avid & FCP) So we can mark certain clips a certain color in a bin and have that color be reflected in timelines?
What about being able to close the title tool with a shortcut, not just a tiny 4x4 button?
What about fixing the title tool so it's kerning/leading shortcuts are NOT the exact opposite of EVERY OTHER CC application?
What about a simple "Select Media Relatives" command, like in FCP and Avid?
What about fixing the audio scrub toggle shortcut so that it works without having to play or use the mouse?
What about a shortcut for "Reveal in Finder" from the Timeline? It's in the context menu -- why no shortcut?

I am curious about the time you waste ...and wonder what and why you are doing it... that causes this loss of efficiency.
2. What about leaving a complex selection of clips intact after an UNDO operation? (This costs me hundreds of minutes a week.) Like every other app in the world?
Maybe there is a better way !

Nice updates/fixes but what about the reception issue?

Don't want to beat a proverbial dead horse, but what about making the IPhone 4 a better receiver of calls? My 3Gs was the BEST phone I ever owned. I rarely had a dropped call, I was able to make and receive calls in places where no phone I had owned previously could. When I read that this phone had the best reception of any IPhone (according to Apple) I went and made the switch. Yes, I read many posts where folks say just that, great phone. I am on IPhone 4 number three and all have been plagued with reception issues, thought the first two were worse than this one. I go to the same locations every day and the 3Gs sent and received calls remarkably better. Just sayin.....

n2speed125 wrote:
What ps issue? I have none!! The reception issue is real and I lose signal in places where my 3GS would not.. I can hold my 3gs any way I like and still use the internet.. While using my iPhone 4 in the same place, all I get is the spinning wheel of death and it does not connect.. I've had the bumper on it since I got it and while it may help a little, it does NOT make the issue disappear..
Just because an issue doesn't effect YOUR phone, doesn't mean it's not an issue for others..
if you are not using a case then you are just ... idk... slow or something.
because apple put the antenna on the outside of the phone it is easier to attenuate the signal but it also gives much better reception. i have not dropped one call on my iphone 4... i was dropping tons of calls on my 3Gs and i am in the same area.
i have tried to attenuate the signal on my phone and cannot with the case on no matter how i hold it. if i take the case off and hold the sweet spot it drops like crazy. maybe your bumper isn't covering the antenna well enough.
i got the incipio NGP for 19 bucks at walmart. if you put that case on and still have the issue then i think you are totally full of cr@p.
Message was edited by: himoura

HT2531 Spotlight lists items and shows preview images. BUT what about showing the location address of an item in my computer. Especially important if I've put the item in the wrong folder and what to locate it without multi-steps. iMac OS 10.5 was more u

Spotlight lists items and shows preview images. BUT what about showing the path/location address of an item in my computer.
Especially important if I've put the item in the wrong folder and what to locate it without multi-steps. iMac OS X 10.5 was more useful.
Old OSX Spotlight function automatically displayed path/location within the machine: e.g. desktop/folder/sub-folder/item.
Can I make Spotlight show the path?

Press option-command and the path is displayed at the bottom of the little preview window. Press command-return and the enclosing folder opens.

Is there's a way to check the numbers i have been sending imessage too? for example if i send a normal sms it will show up on my bill but what about imessage?

is there's a way to check the numbers i have been sending imessage too? for example if i send a normal sms it will show up on my bill but what about imessage?

damnn thats crap ... thanks anyway pal

TS3988 I use iCloud. I have an iPhone, Apple laptop, and I recently bought an iPad. The pictures I take on my phone can be viewed on my iPad, but what about all the pictures on my phone that I took before I bought my iPad? How do I view those with my iPad

I use iCloud. I have an iPhone, Apple laptop, and I recently bought an iPad. I can view the pictures I take on my cell phone on my iPad. But what about all the pictures I took on my phone before I bought my iPad? How do I view those on my iPad?

POP: yahoo, aol, comcast/time warnder/road runner
Imap: google, hotmail, and more including icloud.
If you want to use multiple devices - move to imap, I would even say "exchange", but Google does not support free exchange anymore, since January of that year. So Ironically Icloud or Hotmail would be my choices right now.
To find out more about what happens to you, search on Google "difference between pop and imap"

HT1338 My G5 PowerPC still works great, but what is the latest OS that is possible. I just bought a new HP Printer and it is not compatible with OS 10.4. Is there any hope?

My G5 PowerPC still works great, but what is the latest OS that is possible. I just bought a new HP Printer and it is not compatible with OS 10.4. Is there any hope?

A PPC G5 cannot run any version of OS X beyond Leopard 10.5.8.
You should be able to find a Leopard retail (black) install disk on eBay. A grey update disk is machine specific and won't work.

My account, but what about my wife?

This my account, but what about my wife? Can she use my account and make her own signature? If so, how is that done?
Ray

Hi Ray Martinez,
I would definitely help you but please let me know that Which Acrobat product or service are you referring to, and what exactly are you trying to achieve?
Regards,
Rahul Tyagi

I want to produce wedding dvds.whats the best software to use...final cut x I'm thinking but what about the quality of the dvd?

i want to produce wedding dvds.whats the best software to use...final cut x I'm thinking but what about the quality of the dvd? Can i use idvd?

The only Programms I worked with are DVD Studio Pro and iDVD. You can burn a Video-DVD with Toast but there is no real option to design your Menu. Just a few themes as far as I discovered.
Do you have a Blue Ray Device to burn* the HD-DVD? Are the Bride and Groom able to watch the Blue Ray?
* which is only possible with DVD Studio Pro and not iMovie as far as I know.
This might help
For better quality I would go the Compressor & DVD Studio Pro workflow I just learned.
Export the Movie as is from Final Cut Pro and then use Compressor to encode the File.
Consider delivering the Movie in a different way like a private video on vimeo, a Website or on an SD card which is not really romantic...

HT4946 in-app purchases are backed up but what about the apps themselves (purchased and free)?

While creating a back-up by via iTunes (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US), in-app purchases are backed up (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946) but what about the apps themselves (purchased and free)?
Are the apps backed up too or do they need to be purchased, downloaded and installed again?

You can transfer your purchases to computer iTunes.
Connect and select iPhone in iTunes under DEVICES, right click and choose Transfer Purchases from ...
BTW, you can alway re-download again for free if it's still available in the app store.

Got a new hard drive for Snow Leopard, but what about all the applications?

Hi,
Installing Snow Leopard revealed a faulty hard drive, but Genius Bar got me a new hard drive and installed Snow Leopard and the rest of the Mac Box Set for me.
I'm putting my computer back together, and I had all my files backed up on a Passport, but what do I do about the applications that I had? I could use a reinstallation of Office for Mac and Final Cut Express. Can I ask the companies directly?
-James

JimClive wrote:
Since I bought my computer, I've moved four times and have probably lost those installation disks. Is there any way I can get or download new ones?
More reason to back up your +*entire system,+* whether with Time Machine, a "clone" app like CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper, and/or some other way.
You should still retain the original discs, of course, but having a full system backup greatly reduces the chance you'll need them.
For info on Time Machine, you might want to review the Time Machine Tutorial
and perhaps browse Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of the +Time Machine+ forum).
For info on others, see Kappy's post on Basic Backup, complete with links to the web sites of each product.

Connection lost but what about send Query?

Dear All.
Imagine that client sends query to DB server. Lets say that this will take 20 minutes for results. But suddenly client's computer lost power. What about that query, Is server going to operate?
Could you possible explain me this process?
Thank in advance.

Generally, the database will continue processing the request until it tries to send results back to the client. At that point, the server process discovers that the client has died and the database session is killed.
Justin
Distributed Database Consulting, Inc.
http://www.ddbcinc.com/askDDBC

Been told to restore my iphone 3g but what about contacts, cal and apps?

I am really nervous about this and worried. mynetwork operator has advised I need to restore my iphone using itunes, due to not being able to make calls on my phone.
anyway, I am really worried about losing my contacts, calendar and any Apps I have purchased too.
any ideas on these concerns? definately need a fool proof way of making sure I restore my contacts and calendar etc.
then what about the apps? I paid for them? if I remove them, what happens, do I have to purchase them again?

You should be syncing regularly with your computer, so all of these things should be on your computer. You can simply sync them back to your iphone.

Newbie: Datagrid = great, but what about textual presentations?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for