This wouldn't help, because Jeremy doesn't dispatch the CLICK event. The Flash Player does, and it always creates a MouseEvent.
The solution is to extend UIComponent to have an instance var i and then access event.currentTarget.i in his event handler. - Gordon ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shannon Hicks Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 3:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [flexcoders] accessing variables through events You don't. You would want to create a new custom event that extends MouseEvent, adding in the parameter you want to pass. Shan ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeremy Tooley Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 9:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] accessing variables through events Quick question regarding accessing variables. I have the following code public function tracePath():void { for (var i:int = 0; i < photoFeed.menu.submenu.length(); i++) { trace([EMAIL PROTECTED]) var results:XMLList = [EMAIL PROTECTED]; trace(results); trace (i); var myUIComponent:UIComponent = new UIComponent(); myUIComponent.graphics.beginFill(0xFFCC00); myUIComponent.graphics.drawCircle(60*i, 30, 30); myUIComponent.buttonMode = true; myUIComponent.useHandCursor = true; myUIComponent.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, mouseClickHandler); this.addChild(myUIComponent); } trace(photoFeed.menu.submenu.length() +"hello"); } and I access using this function public function mouseClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void{ trace(this.i); } My question is... how do I access the "i" variable from within the mouseClickHandler() function so I could find out certain properties. The above code does not seem to find the "i" based on the dynamically created component. I really want to be able to find out the list collection based on click. Thanks Jeremy
