Ordering of attributes in Attribute Inspector

[AmandaHutsel]

My attributes are in the correct order in Arc but when I run my Flex application the attributes in the Inspector are all out of order.  Also, how do you make the attributes show with their alias instead of the actual names.  Thanks.

[DasaPaddock]

What version of the API are you using?

Have you tried setting AttributeInspector.formFieldsOrder?

See:
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/flex-api/apiref/com/esri/ags/components/AttributeInspector.html#...

[AmandaHutsel]

I'm using version 2.5, and no, I have not tried this AttributeInspector.formFieldsOrder method.  I just looked it up and am quite confused as to where and how I would implement this.  Could you clarify? Thanks.

[DasaPaddock]

The possible values in 2.5 are a little different and there is a bug where "none" and "label" do the same thing:
http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/apiref/com/esri/ags/components/AttributeInspector.html#formIte...

Can you post your code?

[AmandaHutsel]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
      xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
      xmlns:esri="http://www.esri.com/2008/ags"
      initialize="application1_initializeHandler(event)"
      pageTitle="Editor">

<fx:Style>
  @namespace s "library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark";
  @namespace mx "library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx";
  @namespace esri "http://www.esri.com/2008/ags";
 
  esri|InfoWindow
  {
   background-color: #FFFFFF;
   border-thickness: 2;
  }
</fx:Style>

<fx:Script>
  <![CDATA[
   import com.esri.ags.FeatureSet;
   import com.esri.ags.utils.GraphicUtil;
   import mx.rpc.AsyncResponder;
   import mx.controls.Alert;
  
   var eFeatureSet:FeatureSet;
   protected function doQuery():void
   {
    GraphicsLayer.clear();
   
    queryTask.execute(query, new AsyncResponder(onResult, onFault));
    function onResult(eFeatureSet:FeatureSet, token:Object = null):void
    {
     if (eFeatureSet.features.length == 0)
     {
      Alert.show("parcel not found");
     }
     else
     {
      var graphicsExtent:Extent = GraphicUtil.getGraphicsExtent(eFeatureSet.features);
      if (graphicsExtent)
      {
       myMap.extent = graphicsExtent;
      }
     }
    }
    function onFault(info:Object, token:Object = null):void
    {
     Alert.show(info.toString());
    }
   }
  ]]>
</fx:Script>


<fx:Script>
  <![CDATA[
   import mx.events.FlexEvent;
  
   protected function application1_initializeHandler(event:FlexEvent):void
   {
    myEditor.featureLayers = [ grant, historic ];
   }
  ]]>
</fx:Script>

<fx:Declarations>
  <esri:GeometryService id="myGeometryService" url="http://msgis-ags-1/ArcGIS/services/C20-amanda_hutsel/Geometry/GeometryServer"/>
  <esri:SimpleFillSymbol id="sfs" alpha="0.7" color="0xFF0000"/>
  <esri:QueryTask id="queryTask" url="http://msgis-ags-1/ArcGIS/rest/services/C20-amanda_hutsel/HighlandMapSDE3/MapServer/2" useAMF="false"/>
  <esri:Query id="query" outSpatialReference="{myMap.spatialReference}" returnGeometry="true" where="APN = {parcelText.text}">
   <esri:outFields>
    <fx:String>APN</fx:String>
   </esri:outFields>
  </esri:Query>
</fx:Declarations>
<s:BorderContainer width="370" height="560" backgroundColor="#ffffff"
        borderColor="#ff821c" borderWeight="4"
        cornerRadius="10" horizontalCenter="-456">
  <s:layout>
   <s:VerticalLayout verticalAlign="top" horizontalAlign="left" paddingLeft="10"/>
  </s:layout>
  <s:Label text="Edit" fontWeight="bold" fontSize="18" paddingTop="5"/>
  <s:TextInput id="parcelText" enter="doQuery()"/>
  <s:Button label="Find Parcel" click="doQuery()"/>
  <s:Label paddingBottom="20"/>
  <esri:Editor id="myEditor"
      width="100%" height="250"
      geometryService="{myGeometryService}"
      map="{myMap}"/>
 
</s:BorderContainer>
<s:BorderContainer width="950" height="560" cornerRadius="10"
        borderStyle="inset" horizontalCenter="228">
  <s:borderStroke>
   <s:SolidColorStroke color="#00923f" weight="4"/>
  </s:borderStroke>
  <esri:Map id="myMap" x="0" top="5" height="540" right="5" left="5" bottom="5" horizontalCenter="0">
   <esri:extent>
    <esri:Extent xmin="-13049723" ymin="4043802" xmax="-13042275" ymax="4046486">
     <esri:SpatialReference wkid="102100"/>
    </esri:Extent>
   </esri:extent>
   <esri:ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer url="http://server.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Street_Map/MapServer"/>
   <esri:FeatureLayer id="grant"
          mode="snapshot"
          outFields="[LName, Fname, Street_Address, Parcel_Number, Grant_Program, Grant_Amount, Escrow_Date, Reconveyance_Date, PaidByHomeowner]"
          url="http://msgis-ags-1/ArcGIS/rest/services/C20-amanda_hutsel/HighlandMapSDE3/FeatureServer/1">
    <esri:renderer>
     <esri:UniqueValueRenderer>
      <esri:defaultSymbol>
       <esri:SimpleMarkerSymbol color="#00FF00" style="diamond" size="12"/>
      </esri:defaultSymbol>
     </esri:UniqueValueRenderer>
    </esri:renderer>
   </esri:FeatureLayer>
   <esri:FeatureLayer id="historic"
          mode="snapshot"
          outFields="[ReferenceNo, Street_Address, AssessorParcelNo, ConStatus, CertificateOfAppropriateness]"
          url="http://msgis-ags-1/ArcGIS/rest/services/C20-amanda_hutsel/HighlandMapSDE3/FeatureServer/0">
    <esri:renderer>
     <esri:UniqueValueRenderer>
      <esri:defaultSymbol>
       <esri:SimpleMarkerSymbol color="#61280E" style="square" size="12"/>
      </esri:defaultSymbol>
     </esri:UniqueValueRenderer>
    </esri:renderer>
   </esri:FeatureLayer>
   <esri:GraphicsLayer id="GraphicsLayer" graphicProvider="{queryTask.executeLastResult.features}" symbol="{sfs}"/>
  </esri:Map>
</s:BorderContainer>
</s:Application>

[DasaPaddock]

You can get to the Editor's AttributeInspector using the "attributeInspector" property:
http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/apiref/com/esri/ags/components/Editor.html#attributeInspector

Is it currently sorted alphabetically?

[AmandaHutsel]

Yes, they are sorted alphabetically now.

How exactly do I code the body of the function?

protected function getFormItemLabel(featureLayer:FeatureLayer, field:Field, fieldInspector:FieldInspector):String
{
what do I put here?
}

[DasaPaddock]

Where did the getFormItemLabel function come from? Are you OK with the sorting now? Can you upgrade to the 3.0 API?

[AmandaHutsel]

No, I still can figure this out.  The getFormItemLabel function  came from the formsFieldOrder property on the AttributeInspector page of the API reference.
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/flex-api/apiref/index.html

Yes, I have upgraded to 3.0.

[DasaPaddock · Accepted solution]

After upgrading to 3.0, the default order should be "fields", which should be the order of your outFields on your FeatureLayers or the layers published field order if you don't set the outFields or if they're set to just "*". Is that what you're seeing now?

You don't need a function since the "formFieldsOrder" property can only have three possible values.

See:
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/flex-api/apiref/com/esri/ags/components/AttributeInspector.html#...