Not sure when you're running that code. Did you try applicationComplete? But this kind of practice doesn't scale. In a model-view design, the views pull their data from the model so you don't end up with code that pushes stuff downward.
Alex Harui Flex SDK Developer Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/> Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mic Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 12:41 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] How to force construction when creationPolicy="all' does not work? ViewStack.vsMainDash VBox.vbDrctrDash VBox.vbParmsAndDrills ViewStack.vsDashDrills VBox.CustLevel VBox.UDAC is the hierarchy. Run code .... vsMainDash.selectedChild = vbParmsAndDrills; vsDashDrills.selectedChild = vbCustLevel; ** null reference error Debug at line that errors does show vsDashDrills = null, whereas vsMainDash = ViewStack. I have tried splattering creationPolicy="all' everywhere - of course if I do this too high up I start getting null reference errors there. (If I OK the error the app does continue with everything displayed correctly so Flex does create what it should.) If creationPolicy="all' does not work, how do I force the ViewStack vsDashDrills into existence? TIA, Mic.
