Ok, I see what you're saying. So here's the constructor for my component that
is responsible for all this:
public function CreateAcctDialog()
{
super();
init();
}
...and init():
private function init():void
{
msgString = "<b>The account " + this.acctName + " has
been created </b>"
}
and the last part:
content.htmlText = msgString;
This comes out as: The account null has been created.
I thought the init() method would handle the proper setting of this var.....
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "valdhor" <valdhorli...@...> wrote:
>
> For the first part, you are setting the value of msgString during its
> declaration. At this point acctName will be null. You would need to declare
> msgString and then assign it in a creationComplete handler.
>
> Secondly, you can't do this in ActionScript:
>
> content.htmlText = "{msgString}"
>
> You have to do this:
>
> content.htmlText = msgString
>
> The "{}" syntax is to bind a variable in MXML.
>
> Also, For the above, the variable does not need to be bindable.
>
>
>
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "fumeng5" <fumeng5@> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for your responses.
> >
> > What I mean is that in the 1st case:
> > content.htmlText = "<b>The account " + this.acctName + " has been
> > created</b>."
> >
> > ...the message comes out to be: The account null has been created. However,
> > I can use the debugger to see that acctName is definitely being set
> > correctly.
> >
> > And in the second case:
> > [Bindable]
> > private var msgString:String = "<b>The account " + this.acctName + "
> > hasbeen created </b>.
> >
> > content.htmlText = "{msgString}"
> >
> > ...the message comes out to be: {msgString}
> >
> > Now I'm not setting 'msgString' right away. I build it in the setter for
> > acctName, as in:
> > [Bindable]
> > private var msgString:String;
> >
> > public function set acctName(s:String):void{
> > _acctName = s;
> > msgString = "<b>The account " + _acctName + " has been created </b>"
> > }
> > [Bindable]
> > public function get acctName():String{
> > return _acctName;
> > }
> >
> > I'm pretty sure this should be working and I must be missing something
> > small. Thank you for your help, it's very appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Pedro Sena <sena.pedro@> wrote:
> > >
> > > try
> > >
> > > [Bindable]
> > > private var msgString:String = "<b>The account " + this.acctName + " has
> > > been created </b>.
> > >
> > > content.htmlText = "{msgString}"
> > >
> > > and make sure your acctName is not blank.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:55 AM, valdhor <valdhorlists@>wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > What do you mean by "That didn't work"?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > > > "fumeng5" <fumeng5@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi --
> > > > >
> > > > > I want to output a variable and hardcoded text in the htmlText
> > > > > property
> > > > of a Text component.
> > > > >
> > > > > Here's what I tried first:
> > > > >
> > > > > content.htmlText = "<b>The account " + this.acctName + " has been
> > > > > created
> > > > </b>."
> > > > >
> > > > > ('acctName' is a private var that has accessor methods to get/set it.)
> > > > >
> > > > > That didn't work, so I read thru the archives and found a solution
> > > > > that
> > > > didn't work either.
> > > > >
> > > > > [Bindable]
> > > > > private var msgString:String = "<b>The account " + {acctName} + " has
> > > > been created </b>.
> > > > >
> > > > > content.htmlText = "{msgString}"
> > > > >
> > > > > What am I missing here? Can anyone offer any helpful pointers?
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > /**
> > > * Pedro Sena
> > > * Systems Architect
> > > * Sun Certified Java Programmer
> > > * Sun Certified Web Component Developer
> > > */
> > >
> >
>
