Johnny

Thank you very much.

Thanks in advice, Uwe

var column:MDataGridColumn = new MDataGridColumn();
…
column.filterEditor = IFactory(DateFieldFilterEditor(column));

not getting any compile errors with that, but the DG is not displaying properly when i have that line in, if i comment it out it seems to work fine (but i don’t have the filterEditor i want)

Would itemRenderers still be possible through setting columns through this method?

Inside <Script> block declare public bindable variable of type Array and bind MDataGrid column property to it.

<dgWrapper allMyVariables>
<Script>
[Bindable]
public var columns:Array;
</Script>
<MDataGrid usesVariablesFromDgWrapper columns="{columns}">
</MDataGrid>
<dgTitleBar usesVariablesFromDgWrapper />
</dgWrapper>

And than, use your dgWrapper like this:

<dgWrapperComponent>
    <columns>
      <MDataGridColumn properties />
      <MDataGridColumn properties />
    </columns>
</dgWrapperComponent>

Alternatively you can create MDataGridColumns in ActionScript (inside your component Script block) based on some of its properties but it would probably be more complex solution.

Hope this is of any help for you.

Say I wanted to add this grid into a wrapper mxml component along with some additional features like export functionality… basically i’m looking for a method to have a root component such as

<dgWrapper allMyVariables>

<MDataGrid usesVariablesFromDgWrapper>

</MDataGrid>

<dgTitleBar usesVariablesFromDgWrapper />

</dgWrapper>

or something to the effect of having to rewrite as minimal code as possible to implement the component.

The thing that is throwing me off is since the dataGridColumns are a child of the datagrid, i’m uncertain how to write an mxml component that is basically a box, with a datagrid contained in it, and a applicationControlBar, and allow for the defining of the columns within the datagrid from the application calling it perspective. If this is making no sense at all, i understand completely