I think it's just a case of the OPs terminology - he expects to see components from the base state plus state2 when he switches to state3. I don't think he means being in three states at the same time.. ----- Original Message ----- From: Chet Haase To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 12:56 AM Subject: RE: [flexcoders] **View States Problem**
States are mutually exclusive: a given component (such as the component that contains the states in your code below) can only be in one state at a time. States can be derived from each other, but that's essentially just a way to inherit property values from one state to the other; they are still completely different states. When you set the 'currentState' property, you will be put into that state and that state only. It's not clear to me what you're trying to accomplish by being in >1 state at a time; can you elaborate on the problem you're trying to solve? Chet. From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of malik_robinson Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 4:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] **View States Problem** Hi, I am using Flex 3 I am trying to use "view states" in my Flex application. My code seems to work fine when I just have two "view states", but when I have 3 states (including the base state), the screen never displays all 3 at the same time. I am displaying these states based on the result of a remote call, that part works fine so the remoting part of it is not the problem. In Flexbuilder 3 if I go into design view, I can traverse through the states (base, state2, state3), and the visual displays look correct. Anyone have any idea or thoughts? Here is my code below: <mx:states> <mx:State name="state2"> <mx:AddChild relativeTo="{frm}" position="lastChild" > <mx:FormItem label="Select Sub Area:"> <mx:ComboBox id="cb2" dataProvider="{subAreaAC}" labelField="state2" width="216" left="10" top="40" minWidth="150" /> </mx:FormItem> </mx:AddChild> </mx:State> <mx:State name="state3" basedOn="state2"> <mx:AddChild relativeTo="{frm}" position="lastChild" > <mx:FormItem label="Select Sub-Sub Area:"> <mx:ComboBox id="cb3" dataProvider="{subSubAreaAC}" labelField="state3" minWidth="150" /> </mx:FormItem> </mx:AddChild> </mx:State> </mx:states> <!-- this is basically my base state, this gets showed by default --> <mx:Form id="frm" x="10" y="10"> <mx:FormItem label="Select a Parent Category:"> <mx:ComboBox id="cb1" labelField="ParentCategory" width="150" left="10" top="40" dataProvider="{catAC}" rowCount="{catAC.length / 2}" /> </mx:FormItem> </mx:Form>
