Adobe Flex 2: Training from the Source > Using Controls and Repeaters with Data Sets

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Introduction

Lesson 1. Understanding Rich Internet Applications

Lesson 2. Getting Started

Lesson 3. Laying Out the Interface

Lesson 4. Using Simple Controls

Lesson 5. Handling Events and Data Structures

Lesson 6. Using Remote XML Data with Controls

Lesson 7. Creating Components with MXML

Lesson 8. Using Controls and Repeaters with Data Sets

Introducing Using Data Sets

Displaying the Categories Using a HorizontalList and an itemRenderer

Displaying Grocery Products Based on Category Selection

Coding States to Display Detailed Product Information

Placing Products in the Shopping Cart

What You Have Learned

Lesson 9. Using Custom Events

Lesson 10. Creating Custom Components with ActionScript 3.0

Lesson 11. Using DataGrids and Item Renderers

Lesson 12. Using Drag and Drop

Lesson 13. Implementing Navigation

Lesson 14. Using Formatters and Validators

Lesson 15. Using the History Manager

Lesson 16. Customizing the Look and Feel of a Flex Application

Lesson 17. Accessing Server-side Objects

Lesson 18. Charting Data

Lesson 19. Introducing Adobe Flex Data Services

Lesson 20. Pushing Data with Adobe Flex Data Services

Lesson 21. Synchronizing Data with Adobe Flex Data Services

Lesson 22. Creating Transitions and Behaviors

Lesson 23. Printing From Flex

Lesson 24. Using Shared Objects

Lesson 25. Debugging Flex Applications

Appx. A. Setup Instructions

Index

Lesson 8. Using Controls and Repeaters with Data Sets

What You Will Learn

In this lesson, you will:

Populate a HorizontalList with a data set and display the information using a labelField, labelFunction, and itemRenderer
Create an MXML component to be used as an itemRenderer
Loop over a data set using a Repeater component
Use the currentItem and currentIndex properties and the getRepeaterItem() method with a Repeater
Reference controls built by a Repeater using array notation
Instantiate a custom component in a Repeater

Approximate Time

This lesson takes approximately 2 hours to complete.

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