Thats exactly what was going on... thanks for the response.
Thank You Dan Vega On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Michael VanDaniker < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.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 > > > > >
