My guess is that you have something like this... <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";> <mx:Canvas id="canvas"> <mx:LinkButton id="aboutMeLink"> </mx:Canvas> </mx:Application>
If that's the case, the aboutMeLink is a child of canvas and you'll need to call canvas.removeChild(aboutMeLink); If you just want the LinkButton to not take up space you can set its includeInLayout property to false. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Vega" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a variable and based on its true/false value I want to display a > link. This is the link button, I don't just want to make it invisible > because it still takes up available space, I would actually like to remove > the child from the stage. > > <mx:LinkButton id="aboutMeLink" label="?" click="showAbout(event)"/> > > > If I use the following > > this.removeChild(aboutMeLink); > > I get the following error, just wondering what im doing wrong. > > The supplied DisplayObject must be a child of the caller. > > Thank You > Dan Vega >
