Well I tried refernecing it that way, but no go. The other thing is that you are not allowed to put an id on the root tag of a component. Ends up with this error:
id attribute is not allowed on the root tag of a component. So I am not sure how you would be able to reference the child of the <mx:component> tag. You can set an id on the <mx:component> tag itself.. .and i was hoping to reference it that way, but that gives me a : : Call to a possibly undefined method goToDownload through a reference with static type mx.core:ClassFactory I had mentioned that in one of my other responses. d On 22-Jan-09, at 8:26 AM, oneworld95 wrote: > The way I did this (and it's probably not the most efficient) was > this: > - User clicked a button inside the mx:component tag. > - The click call passed a reference to the VBox container to the > outer document function. > - In the outer document function, I'd use the reference like this: > > var vb:VBox = vbox; // vbox is the reference to object in component > var text:TextInput = vb.getChildAt(2) as TextInput; > > I wish there was a cleaner way, like setting an ID on the mx:component > tag and then referencing its children. But I think the component is > treated as a different class altogether. > > - Alex > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dnk <d.k.emailli...@...> wrote: > > > > Is there something the opposite of outterDocument to access vars and > > methods inside of a mx:component tag? > > > > or is it as simple as (no where near my flex machine): > > > > <mx:Component id="something"> > > > > <custom:mycomp /> > > > > </mx:Component> > > > > > > <script> > > > > something.mymethod; > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > d
