I'd add a trace statement just before it to see what type of object event.target is - it could be that the target is the UI component, and not the data object.
//throws error on this line trace(event.target); customMeals.addItem((event.target as mealitem).mealDetails); 2009/7/2 Jason B <[email protected]>: > I've got an problem when the user clicks on button "Add to Meal" it throws an > error because it can't seem to reference the data in mealDetails object > inside the com/ directory? > > I'm trying to add the item to the list control. > > I have the code located here in case you want more details > http://files.getdropbox.com/u/228472/mealsflex.zip > > > [Bindable] > private var customMeals:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection; > > //throws error on this line > customMeals.addItem((event.target as mealitem).mealDetails); > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:Panel xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; width="310" height="320" > title="{mealDetails.title}" horizontalAlign="center"> > > > <mx:Metadata> > [Event(name="addToMeal")] > [Event(name="learnAboutThis")] > </mx:Metadata> > > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > import mx.controls.Alert; > > [Bindable] > public var mealDetails:Object; > > > private function calldispatch():void { > parentApplication.createmeals_loadswf_var = > mealDetails.swf; > dispatchEvent(new Event('learnAboutThis', > true)); > > } > > ]]> > </mx:Script> > > <mx:Image source="{'/uploads/nutrition/' + mealDetails.imgsource }" > width="285" height="159"/> > > <mx:Label text="{mealDetails.serving}"/> > > <mx:Button label="Add to Meal" click="dispatchEvent(new > Event('addToMeal', true))"/> > > <mx:Button label="Learn About This" click="calldispatch()"/> > > </mx:Panel> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > -- > 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 > > > >
