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Using Data-Driven Controls

Several Adobe Flex controls take input from a data provider, an object that contains data. For example, a Tree control reads data from a data provider to define the structure of the tree and any associated data assigned to each tree node.

This topic describes several of the controls that use a data provider, focusing on controls that let you visualize complex data. It includes examples of different ways to populate these controls by using a data provider. The following topics also provide information on data providers and controls that use data providers:

• Using Data Providers and Collections contains details on data providers and how to use collections as data providers.
• Using Menu-Based Controls contains information on using Menu, MenuBar, and PopUpMenuButton controls.
• Using Navigator Containers contains information on navigator containers, such as TabNavigator and Accordion that use data providers to populate their structures.
• Introduction to Charts contains information on using chart controls.

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Flex 2.01