Populating a form with data from Array

Question

I have results from a query getting passed back as an array
object. Is there an easy to assigned to values of the array to
objects within a form container. Currently, i am doing
mytext_txt.text = $myArray[0]["text1"]
If there are like 40 objects in a form, its seem kinds of
repetitive
Any ideas would be awesome. How would using a model help in
this case? Can you bing results to a model?
Thanks

Answer 1

I use XML and receive it into an Object - pretty convenient
because you get proper properties rather than just positions.
I'm not sure I exactly understand your example - do you have
'records' as elements in the array, and each 'record' is an object
with named properties? or do you have an array in which each
position relates to a single property.
Assuming the latter, a possible way to do this is to create a
.as class file with all the properties you want in the same order
as you have them in the array. Define a constructor that accepts
your array as input. Then loop through the properties and assign
them from your array:
function MyModelClass(myArray:Array){
var i:uint = 0;
for (var property:String in this)
this[property] = myArray[i++];
I haven't tried this, but should work.
If the array is an array of objects, just do this:
[Bindable]
var myObject:Object;
myObject = $myArray[0];
Then in your mxml,
<mx:Text id="mytext_txt" text="{myObject.text1}"/>
Another option is to write some script that follows the
container hierarchy, and for each control in the hierarchy, inspect
the id (or name if you prefer), and check
if ($myArray[0].hasOwnProperty(whatever.id))
(whatever as Text).text = $myArray[0][whatever.id];
hope something there makes sense.