Force DataGrid Sort (Alphabetize after adding items)

[erobertwald]

Hey all!

I have a DataGrid set up and have the XML data nice and cozy inside of it, but I have a bit of a snag...

The data I'm importing comes from a few separate files but the DataGrid ends up displaying all of them, so the rows are a bit of a jumble initially.

Is there a way to tell the DataGrid, AFTER it has all of it's data, to sort itself out alphabetically based on it's first column?

Thanks!

[cancerinform]

I don't understand what you mean. When you have xml then only one file should be the datafile.

[erobertwald]

The original data file is over 1100 items long. Editing an XML file that big is a massive pain so I broke it down into smaller chunks for sanity's sake.

The XML works fine. I'm just trying to find out how to force the DataGrid to sort after it's populated.

When I click on the first column's header, it sorts exactly as I need. Now I need to have it do that automatically so the user doesn't have to.

[falcan]

Old question, but for anyone looking for answer:

yourGrid.sortItemsOn("columnName", Array.DESCENDING);

For example.