Close, you just need to specify the parent. Assuming tmp is declared in instance scope:
this[tmp].selectedIndex = 0; if the compiler complains that selectedIndes is not a property of ...., do: TabNavigator(this[tmp]).selectedIndex = 0; Tracy ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason B Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 4:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] dynamic variable reference getting error 1084 var tmp:String = "tabnav1"; [tmp].selectedIndex = 0; Im trying to use a string to reference an item but the compiler wont allow the brackets, i remember Tracy telling me to reference a dynamic variable use brackets? my compiler says error 1084: Syntax error: expecting identifier before dot. but im sure this is correct
