Adobe Flex 4: Training from the Source, Volume 1

Lesson 12. Using DataGrids and Item Renderers

What You Will Learn

In this lesson, you will:

• Define the viewable columns of a DataGrid through DataGridColumn

• Use a labelFunction and an itemRenderer to display DataGridColumn information

• Create an MXML component to be used as an item renderer

• Create an inline custom item renderer for a DataGridColumn

• Raise events from inside an item renderer

• Sort the AdvancedDataGrid

• Style rows, columns, and cells in an AdvancedDataGrid

• Group data in an AdvancedDataGrid using both tags and ActionScript to manipulate the grid’s data provider

• Display summary data in an AdvancedDataGrid using both tags and ActionScript

Approximate Time

This lesson takes approximately 2 hours to complete.