You are exactly right! It worked perfectly when I added a listener for the creationComplete event in my constructor and set the handler to be init.
I learned something new today. Thank you very, very much for your help. --- In [email protected], "valdhor" <valdhorli...@...> wrote: > > I don't believe you need that. I do what you are doing all the time although > I don't do it in the init method (I am assuming you are calling the init > method on initialize of the component?). I would try calling it on > creationComplete (That's what I do). You may find that the initialize method > runs before you get a chance to set acctName. > > > --- In [email protected], "fumeng5" <fumeng5@> wrote: > > > > The String I'm constructing is inside a PopUp dialog bog. I set it from > > another component a la: > > > > private function createAcct():void { > > > > acctDialog.acctName = accountName; > > PopUpManager.addPopUp(acctDialog,this as Canvas,true); > > } > > > > The accessor methods for acctName look like this: > > > > private var _acctName:String; > > public function set acctName(s:String):void{ > > acctName = s; > > } > > [Bindable] > > public function get acctName():String{ > > return _acctName; > > } > > > > And I set the content.htmlText property in the init() method when acctName > > is null. So, I think the solution is to use binding utils in the init() > > method, like this: > > > > BindingUtils.bindProperty(content,'htmlText',msgString); > > > > but I think I'm missing an argument in there...i think it needs 4 args. > > > > Thank you very much for your help. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "valdhor" <valdhorlists@> wrote: > > > > > > How is acctName created? > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "fumeng5" <fumeng5@> 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. > > > > > >
