It would be newButton.setStyle("bottom", 10); because the 'bottom' style has type Number. - Gordon
________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of darylgmyers Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 1:46 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Using setSyle on dynamic created button not working I'm creating a number of objects dynamically in actionscript. then I'm using setStyle to set certain styles before addChild actually adds the object to the container. The setStyle is not working. Below is a small piece of the code. varnewButton:Button = new Button; newButton.label="Update"; newButton.setStyle("bottom","10"); newButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,clickUpdate); newHBox.addChild(newButton);