<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" xmlns:comp="components.*" layout="absolute" creationComplete="initApp();" backgroundColor="#f4f4f4" viewSourceURL="srcview/index.html"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent; import mx.rpc.http.HTTPService; private var comboService:HTTPService = new HTTPService(); [Bindable] private var comboData:XML = new XML(); private function initApp():void { comboService.url = "http://www.phusor.com/flex/optgroup/src/xml/comboboxoptions.xml"; comboService.resultFormat = "e4x"; comboService.send(); comboService.addEventListener(ResultEvent.RESULT, handleServiceResult); } private function handleServiceResult(event:ResultEvent):void { comboData = event.result as XML; } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Form> <mx:FormItem label="I do not have a renderer"> <comp:CustomCombo id="cb_VehiclesNoRenderer" dataProvider="{comboData.option}" labelField="@label" valueField="@data" width="150"/> </mx:FormItem> <mx:FormItem label="I have a renderer"> <comp:CustomCombo id="cb_VehiclesRenderer" itemRenderer="components.OptGroupRenderer" dataProvider="{comboData.option}" labelField="@label" valueField="@data" width="150"/> </mx:FormItem> </mx:Form> </mx:Application>