Notes from the book - Forms that work: Designing Web Forms for Usability by Caroline Garret There is a theory to think about when designing FORMS ! The theory is of the three layers of the form: Relationship, Conversation, and Appearance . The relationship of a form is the relationship between the organization that is asking the questions and the person who is answering. - Pursuading people to answer. - Pick the right moment to ask a question. - Three rules that infl uence response rates - Rule 1: Establish trust. 1. Show that the form is published by a real organization. 2. Make it easy to contact the organization that publishes the form. 3. Ensure that the form has a clear purpose. ...
The compononet that needs to be attached might be a Combobox or a Checkbox. One of the techniques is to create a custom ComboBox and use the itemRenderer property of the DataGridColumn to display it inside the data grid as a Combobox which then, internally fetches its values from an XML. <mx:DataGrid id="portfolioGrid" width="100%" height="100%" dataProvider="{portfolioModel.security}" selectable="true"> <mx:columns><mx:Array> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="Symbol"/> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="Quantity" textAlign="right"/> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="Price" textAlign="right"/> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="Value" textAlign="right"/> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="portfolioType" width="175" textAlign="center" headerText="Type" sortable="false" editable="true...