XML is bindable. Tracy
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Amy Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 1:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: asigning text with script error --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > " if i make a var bindable, i can give values to it later on a function? " Absolutely. For example, untested: > > [Bindable]private var _xmlRData:XML; //bindable instance var containing data > .... > private function rLoaded(event:Event) : void{ > _xmlRData = XML(event.target.data); //set the instance var value > } > ... > <!-- Bind the text property to the xml nodes value --> > <mx:Text id="txtBy" text="{_xmlRData.info.author.name.text()}" .../> > > Tracy I think that XML doesn't provide its own events for binding, so you'd probably need to do that yourself. So you might needs something more like: [Bindable (event="rDataChange")] private var _xmlRData:XML; private function rLoaded(event:Event):void{ _xmlRData=XML(event.target.data); dispatchEvent(new Event('rDataChange')); } I'd suspect you might also get errors before _xmlRData has info and its descendent tags, so maybe something like this might be more bulletproof: _xmlRData.child('info').child('author').child('name').text() HTH; Amy
