# Cursors and Sorting

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cursors-and-sorting/266654>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 23, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cursors-and-sorting/266654 "2008-07-23T02:07:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![nburlington](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/nburlington/32/1365_2.png) [@nburlington](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nburlington)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cursors-and-sorting/266654/1 "2008-07-23T02:07:45Z")

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I have an ArrayCollection that I want to manipulate with an instance of the IViewCursor class. The only problem is that in order to use the IViewCursor, I need to sort() my data first. Once I sort my data I can manipulate the ArrayCollection but now the visual control bound to the ArrayCollection is reflecting my sort. I don’t want the sort to mess up my visual control but I want to use the cursor to add/delete and search for items in the AC. what do i do?