Where are you confused?
Let me restate the principle generally: Specifying a value for the "id" attribute in an mxml tag causes the compiler to create an instance variable with the name specified, with the type defined by the tag, and containing a reference to the component instance. You can access public members of a component instance through the variable. Tracy Spratt Lariat Services Flex development bandwidth available ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of johndoematrix Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 4:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: opposite of parentDocument am a little confused. can you please clarify on that. maybe make it clearer. thanks

