I think I use this syntax, but I'm not sure: UserAA.mxml
<components:UserAA_Grid id="UserAAGrid" _inputToDate="{toDate}" _inputFromDate="{fromDate}"/> UserAA_Grid.mxml // these are accepted to this component from UserAA.mxml [Bindable] public var _inputToDate:Date; [Bindable] public var _inputFromDate:Date; ... // new search criteria - UserAA.mxml searchFilter.toDate = _inputToDate; searchFilter.fromDate = _inputFromDate; From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Davidson, Jerry Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 8:46 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Quick Syntax Question We have a file, UserAA.mxml. It has, among other things, two date fields (id=toDate and id=fromDate). These will be used to filter records. A component in that file, UserAA_Grid.mxml, moves the prior two and several more fields to a VO file, SearchFilterVO.as. SearchFilterVO has public variables toDate:Date and fromDate:Date in addition to a lot of string variables and a couple of numbers. Using code assist in the component which imports the filter file, I don't see the two date fields. Further, I'm not sure of the correct syntax to assign the two date fields from the class (UserAA.mxml). I know I'm entering the wrong Google search terms as I'm getting bogus hits. 1) Why doesn't the SearchFilterVO properties show up in code assist. The other properties do show up so I know there is a connection. 2) How do I reference the properties of UserAA.mxml in the component UserAA_Grid.mxml? 3) What should my Google search terms have been? TIA, Jerry