in AS3 theres this :
getClassByName(name:String) : Class
var classToCast:Class = getClassByName(object1);
objectA = classToCast(ViewStack.getChildAt(0));
i havent tried it, but its something that might work.
in AS2 you might be able to dig the class out of _global
var classToCast = eval("_global."+className);
again, not something i've tried, but i have instantiated objects using
that form of access :
var obj = new eval("_global." + className)();
so, in theory it should work.
good luck.
martin.
Libby wrote:
> In Flex is there a way to pass an object name into a method and then
> cast that name to another object in order to execute a method on that
> object ?
>
>
> foo("myMxmlObjectName");
>
> function foo(object1:String) {
> var objectA:UIComponent;
> objectA = object1(ViewStack.getChildAt(0));
> objectA.bar();
> }
>
> Thanks,
> Libby
>
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