How is acctName created?
--- In [email protected], "fumeng5" <fume...@...> wrote: > > 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 [email protected], "valdhor" <valdhorlists@> 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.
