I notice that if you use mx.binding tags in your mxml, you can bind a comboBox prior to it having any data in it. When I try to do this from actionscript using mx.bindingUtils, I get a null object reference on the selectedItem. Once I set the dataProvider, then binding works no problem. I was wondering if anyone knows how this null reference situation is being handled in the binding tag? Maybe I shouldn't be binding to selectedItem, but to something else?
Thanks, Libby
