[FLEX-31948] When all the columns are invisible, pressing any character Key throws RTE

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK Previous
• Fix Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK Previous, Apache Flex 4.17.0
• Component/s: Advanced Data Grid
• Environment: Affected OS(s): Windows; Affected OS(s): Windows XP; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 20/Dec/07 23:23
• Updated: 04/Aug/17 15:33

Description

Steps to reproduce:
1. Compile and run the below sample piece of code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
[Bindable]
public var myComponentAC:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection([

{product:"Procuct ", description:"Description 2 " , abcd:"oaak", efgh:"Yes", price:"2 " }

,

{product:"Procuct 3 " ,description:"Description 4 ", abcd:"o23k" ,efgh:"Yes" ,price:"3 "}

,

{ product:"Procuct 4 " ,description:"Description 4 " , abcd:"oaak", efgh:"Yes", price:"4 " }

,

{product:"Procuct 5 " ,description:"Description 5 " , abcd:"23ok" ,efgh:"no" ,price:"5 " }

,

{product:"Procuct 6 " ,description:"Description 6 " , abcd:"2222" ,efgh:"no", price:"6 " }

,

{product:"Procuct 7 " ,description:"Description 7 " , abcd:"#$%^" ,efgh:"no" ,price:"7 " }

]);
]]
>
</mx:Script>
<mx:AdvancedDataGrid dataProvider="

{myComponentAC}

" width="100">
<mx:columns>
<mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn headerText="Product" dataField="product" visible="false"/>
<mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn headerText="Description" dataField="description" visible="false"/>
<mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn headerText="Ok/Not Ok" dataField="abcd" visible="false"/>
<mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn headerText="Yes/No" dataField="efgh" visible="false"/>
<mx:AdvancedDataGridColumn headerText="Price" visible="false" dataField="price" />
</mx:columns>
</mx:AdvancedDataGrid>
</mx:Application>

2. Focus on the DataGrid
3. Press any character key. Below RTE is thrown

TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties.
at mx.controls::AdvancedDataGridBaseEx/itemToLabel()[C:\Work\flex\dmv_automation\projects\datavisualisation\src\mx\controls\AdvancedDataGridBaseEx.as:5954]
at mx.controls.listClasses::AdvancedListBase/findStringLoop()[C:\Work\flex\dmv_automation\projects\datavisualisation\src\mx\controls\listClasses\AdvancedListBase.as:7146]
at mx.controls.listClasses::AdvancedListBase/findString()[C:\Work\flex\dmv_automation\projects\datavisualisation\src\mx\controls\listClasses\AdvancedListBase.as:7133]
at mx.controls::AdvancedDataGridBaseEx/findKey()[C:\Work\flex\dmv_automation\projects\datavisualisation\src\mx\controls\AdvancedDataGridBaseEx.as:1631]
at mx.controls.listClasses::AdvancedListBase/keyDownHandler()[C:\Work\flex\dmv_automation\projects\datavisualisation\src\mx\controls\listClasses\AdvancedListBase.as:7373]
at mx.controls::AdvancedDataGridBaseEx/keyDownHandler()[C:\Work\flex\dmv_automation\projects\datavisualisation\src\mx\controls\AdvancedDataGridBaseEx.as:5925]
at mx.controls::AdvancedDataGrid/keyDownHandler()[C:\Work\flex\dmv_automation\projects\datavisualisation\src\mx\controls\AdvancedDataGrid.as:3505]

Actual Results: When all the columns are invisible, pressing any character Key throws RTE

Expected Results: No RTE

Workaround (if any): none

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: FLEX-13596 When all the columns are invisible, pressing any character Key throws RTE