".thought of the Repeater as a simple grid creator ." That is completely wrong. Repeater has *no* layout functionality at all. It is simply a replacement for addChild/ removeChild, with a lot of extra and useful functionality like optional recycling and automatic creation of an array of references via the id (myId[n]).
Look into Repeater before you write all of that code manually. One suggestion: do not write any but the simplest repeated content 'in-line'. Instead, create a custom component and repeat that, passing in the entire currentItem via a setter function. You will find this much easier to code, especially dispatching events, etc. Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brad Bueche Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 6:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Dynamically Naming Objects Thanks, Amy, I didnt think about that. I've always thought of the Repeater as a simple grid creator but I guess I'll have to read up on it. brad On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Amy <amyblankenship@ <mailto:[email protected]> bellsouth.net> wrote: --- In flexcod...@yahoogro <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com, Gordon Smith <gosm...@...> wrote: > > 1. If accessing the ComboBoxes you'll create by an index number is sufficient, declare an instance var of type Array: > > private var comboBoxes:Array = []; > > When you dynamically create a new ComboBox, simply add the reference onto the end of this Array: Or you can use a repeater, which automates this and will automatically handle destroying and recreating all the comboboxes if the data source they are based on changes.
