How do I display a total # of records

[drewbkilla]

Hey guys, 

Im fairly new with Flex 3 Builder, but already loving it. 

I have a simple report with a datagrid, pie chart and a first/last name search, all pulling from an ASP page that reads a simple XML string. 

My one complete confusion is when I generate the XML string for flex to read,  Do I also feed in the total amount of records in a string or can Flex run it's own count and display the # on a label?

I tried the first option but Im unable to bind live data to a label or text field.  I know im missing something really simple becasue showing the amount of records in a query shouldnt be this tough.   Any clues as to what I can do to get this done would be greatly appreciated!

And I'm sorry if this subject has already been explained on here.

Thanks!

[Jorge Solis]

Flex will not count automatically, but you can show in the textfield trough binding. USually you build an ArrayCollection and bind with something like this:

<mx:DataGrid id="dg" dataProvider="{contacts}" editable="true">

The length of the ArrayCollection is the total of items.

Jorge

[drewbkilla]

Very good!  I will try that and see what I get..     Thanks alot for the RE!   : )