for loop in Flex 3 - flex3

i want to create a loop withing my mxml code to create a variable number of input fields based on an integer value , this value is the result of a call which gets the number of columns in a database table.
i have tried to use the repeater component however it needs an array, and my call is an int.
Is there something in flex mxml whcih can take an int and then loop as necessary?

I'd recommend creating a function that builds the array you need based on the integer, and feeding the resulting array to the repeater.
I hope that helps, no time for more right now ;)

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How to arrange dates from old to new in vb scripting

I'm developing a macro using extra attachmate. we have a 3rd party tool called CSS from where macro fetches required data. Now I'm trying to arrange dates from old to new.
Firstly I have changed date(10/01/14) to number(140110) and then extracted all values into array. From array is there any Function to sort the numbers or should i compare each value manually in loop?
After comparing the records from array, I have to write this data in different columns of single row.
IF my approach is incorrect then please suggest me correct way.
Thanks,
Yaswanth
Your question talks about a lot of different things. I assume that you want to sort an array of integer. To do that you can use the Sort function.
Dim arr(2) As Integer
arr(0) = 140110
arr(1) = 130110
arr(2) = 150110
Array.Sort(arr)

SSIS custom script: loop over columns to concatenate values

I'm trying to create a custom script in SSIS 2008 that will loop over the selected input columns and concatenate them so they can be used to create a SHA1 hash. I'm aware of the available custom components but I'm not able to install them on our system at work.
Whilst the example posed here appears to work fine http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Integration+Services+(SSIS)/69766/ when I've tested this selected only a few and not all columns I get odd results. The script only seems to work if columns selected are in sequential order. Even when they are in order, after so many records or perhaps the next buffer different MD5 hashes are generated despite the rows being exactly the same throughout my test data.
I've tried to adapt the code from the previous link along with these articles but have had no joy thus far.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms136020.aspx
http://agilebi.com/jwelch/2007/06/03/xml-transformations-part-2/
As a starting point this works fine to display the column names that I have selected to be used as inputs
Public Overrides Sub Input0_ProcessInputRow(ByVal Row As Input0Buffer)
For Each inputColumn As IDTSInputColumn100 In Me.ComponentMetaData.InputCollection(0).InputColumnCollection
MsgBox(inputColumn.Name)
Next
End Sub
Building on this I try to get the values using the code below:
Public Overrides Sub Input0_ProcessInputRow(ByVal Row As Input0Buffer)
Dim column As IDTSInputColumn100
Dim rowType As Type = Row.GetType()
Dim columnValue As PropertyInfo
Dim testString As String = ""
For Each column In Me.ComponentMetaData.InputCollection(0).InputColumnCollection
columnValue = rowType.GetProperty(column.Name)
testString += columnValue.GetValue(Row, Nothing).ToString()
Next
MsgBox(testString)
End Sub
Unfortunately this does not work and I receive the following error:
I'm sure what I am trying to do is easily achievable though my limited knowledge of VB.net and in particular VB.net in SSIS, I'm struggling. I could define the column names individually as shown here http://timlaqua.com/2012/02/slowly-changing-dimensions-with-md5-hashes-in-ssis/ though I'd like to try out a dynamic method.
Your problem is trying to run ToString() on a NULL value from your database.
Try Convert.ToString(columnValue) instead, it just returns an empty string.
The input columns are not guaranteed to be in the same order each time. So you'll end up getting a different hash any time the metadata in the dataflow changes. I went through the same pain when writing exactly the same script.
Every answer on the net I've found states to build a custom component to be able to do this. No need. I relied on SSIS to generate the indexes to column names when it builds the base classes each time the script component is opened. The caveat is that any time the metadata of the data flow changes, the indexes may change and need to be updated by re-opening and closing the SSIS script component.
You will need to override ProcessInput() to get store a reference to PipelineBuffer, which isn't exposed in ProcessInputRow, where you actually need to use it to access the columns by their index rather than by name.
The list of names and associated indexes are stored in ComponentMetaData.InputCollection[0].InputColumnCollection, which needs to be iterated over and sorted to guarantee same HASH every time.
PS. I posted the answer last year but it vanished, probably because it was in C# rather than VB (kind of irrelevant in SSIS). You can find the code with all ugly details here https://gist.github.com/danieljarolim/e89ff5b41b12383c60c7#file-ssis_sha1-cs

Visual Basic Array Push

I am currently iterating through a loop and redimensionalising my array every time I need to add a value (as you can imagine this takes some time for a redim every loop) is there a way I can implement a push similar to ruby or java? This would need to save the processing time needed to redimensionalise the array every time I need to add a value to it.
Cheers
Martin
You'd be better off using a List (Of Type). Then you can just call the Add method.
For example:
Dim foo As New List(Of String)
foo.Add("Bar")
You can concat the array, with a array containing only the new item, or multiple.
Array.Concat({Item}).ToArray

load UITextFields using a loop?

I am trying to populate a number of UITextFields with data. Currently, I am doing it line-by-line.
myFirstName.text = originalPerson.firstname ;
myLastName.text = originalPerson.lastname;
myAddress1.text = originalPerson.address1;
Is there a way to do it programatically, in a loop?
You could add your text fields to an array (or IBOutletCollection), and your keys to another array, and then in your loop assign the value for the key in your array to the equivalent text field in your other array, but by the time you've done and maintained and debugged all that, I don't think you'll have saved yourself much.

Visual Basic add to Array dynamically and sort

Still having trouble can you please help?
This needs to be written in Visual Basic
Here is a statement from the Main part of the program...
mylist.ForEach(AddressOf ProcessLink)
What this statement says is the following.... "For each item in the ArrayList "mylist" send item to the sub program "ProcessLink"
Note that ProcessLink is going to receive multiple groups of data from the ArraList "mylist"
ProcessLink then takes each value sent to it and turns it into "P.myName" and P.myValue"
I need ProcessLink to then add these values to an array. And each time it receives a batch of data from the ArrayList "mylist" it will add those values to the same Array. ProcessLink will then sort the array based on "P.Value"
I then need ProcessLink to output the name value pairs in the array and output the result as...
Response.Write("<tr><td>" & P.myName & "</td><td>" & P.myValue & "</td></tr>")
What should the code in ProcessLink look like?
I really reccomend using generic object lists rather than Arrays. You will get all of the functionality you need + 10x more. Sorting, adding, etc are way easier. With generic lists you don't have to worry about declaring the Array size, or any of the difficulties when working with Arrays containing objects. Take a look to the following for more information including the code sample:
.NET Object Collections Using Generics 101:
http://allen-conway-dotnet.blogspot.com/2009/11/net-object-collections-using-generics.html
List(Of T) Class:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6sh2ey19.aspx