You can certainly pass parameters to a custom MXML component. Just create your public properties in a script block and they will act just like properties in an AS only class.
Beyond that, I would probably make your public property a custom interface. That way you can pass in any object that implements that interface to help populate the data. Penny Laus wrote: > I've got a custom MXML component called GridView that includes a > DataGrid and some other display objects, such as a bit of text. The > component uses one HTTPService to fetch the column definitions and > another to fetch data for the grid. The idea here is to be able to > store and configure DataGrid definitions on the server and then buld > the DataGrid on-the-fly at runtime in the Flash player. Right now, > this is all working in my simple test case. > > In my simple case, the MXML component passes the HTTPService a name > that specifies what grid settings to download. Imagine: > > url="http://127.0.0.1/GetGridProfile/people.xml"; > > or > > url="http://127.0.0.1/GetGridProfile/events.xml"; > > What I want to pass in like a parameter to the MXML component is > "people" or "events". (Or what have you - there may be any number of > profiles.) In my test case I've got a specific profile name hard-coded > in as I wanted to make sure I had the DataGrid working and so on. The > problem is, I can't sort out a straightforward way to pass parameters > into the new instance of GridView. I've googled around and see that > you can't pass parameters to a custom MXML component, so I'm curious > to know what technique I should try. I can convert the MXML to an AS > class, but I find it a lot quicker and easier to develop in MXML. So, > I'm hoping for a technique that lets me use my MXML component. > > Any suggestions or links to helpful blogs or articles I've missed > would be much appreciated! > > > ------------------------------------ > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Alternative FAQ location: > https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links > > > > > -- Jeffry Houser, Technical Entrepreneur Adobe Community Expert: http://tinyurl.com/684b5h http://www.twitter.com/reboog711 | Phone: 203-379-0773 -- Easy to use Interface Components for Flex Developers http://www.flextras.com?c=104 -- http://www.theflexshow.com http://www.jeffryhouser.com -- Part of the DotComIt Brain Trust
