User Guide

DataGrid component (Flash Professional only) 281

Description

Property (read-only); the name of the field associated with this column. The default value is the

name called in the DataGridColumn constructor.

Example

The following example assigns the column name of the column at the third index position to the

variable

name:

var name = myGrid.getColumnAt(3).columnName;

See also

Constructor for the DataGridColumn class

DataGridColumn.editable

Availability

Flash Player 6 (6.0 79.0).

Edition

Flash MX Professional 2004.

Usage

myDataGrid.getColumnAt(index).editable

Description

Property; determines whether the column can be edited by a user (true) or not (false). The

DataGrid.editable property must be true in order for individual columns to be editable, even

when

DataGridColumn.editable is set to true. The default value is true.

Caution: The DataGrid is not editable or sortable if it is bound directly to a WebServiceConnector

component or an XMLConnector component. You must bind the DataGrid component to the

DataSet component and bind the DataSet component to the WebServiceConnector component or

XMLConnector component if you want the grid to be editable or sortable. For more information, see

Chapter 14, “Data Integration (Flash Professional Only),” in Using Flash.

Example

The following example prevents the first column in a grid from being edited:

myDataGrid.getColumnAt(0).editable = false;