You are asking for trouble doing this... Just do as I suggested earlier. When you set the source set it to the object and have a string that is the name of the property that is the real target.
var source:Object; var property:String; then when you access that porperty you do it like this... source[property]; simple. --- In [email protected], "Ralf Bokelberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In the older flash days we had eval to achieve this. Now you need to > implement it on your own. > Split the string at the dots, start from a top object and dereference one > property after the other until you get to the last part of the string. > > Cheers > Ralf. > > On 3/13/07, greenfishinwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > In simple terms I think what kevin wants to do is: > > > > var x; > > var myvar; > > var value; > > > > function A(varname, value) { > > varname = value) > > } > > > > myvar = "x"; > > value = 42; > > A(myvar, value); > > > > The required result is that the variable x should contain the value 42. > > > > I don't know how to to this. > > > > Andrew > > > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Roman > > Protsiuk" > > <roman.protsiuk@> wrote: > > > > > > Hard to understand what exactly do you need and how... :) > > > What is parent? Is it the object whose property you are trying to > > access? Or > > > is it the object which has 'model' as a property? In both cases you > > can get > > > property value by parsing the string your method gets. > > > > > > R. > > > > > > On 13 Mar 2007 07:17:12 -0700, Kevin <lists@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I think I need to be a little clearer about what I need. > > > > > > > > let's say i have an instance of an object property somewhere: > > > > > > > > model.someObject.currentObject.name > > > > > > > > I want to pass that reference location (not the value) through a > > component > > > > like this: > > > > > > > > source="model.someObject.currentObject.name" > > > > > > > > so that inside the component I can update the object using the > > reference: > > > > > > > > (this is what I don't know how to do) > > > > parent[source] = someValue; > > > > > > > > If I use the curly braces it just binds the object value (not a > > location > > > > reference) to the property source. It seems the <mx:Binding > tag > > is doing > > > > a similar thing, but unfortunately it's one of those classes that > > I can't > > > > look inside to see how they do it! > > > > > > > > Does this make more sense about what I am trying to do? > > > > > > > > Thanks, Kevin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 12, 2007, at 11:42 PM, Gordon Smith wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I suspect you meant to say that trace(source) is tracing out the > > string " > > > > model.someObject.currentObject". > > > > > > > > I think you want > > > > > > > > <comp:SomeCustomComponent > > source="{model.someObject.currentObject}"/> > > > > > > > > - Gordon > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > *From:* [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>[mailto: > > flexcoders <flexcoders>@ > > > > yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Kevin > > > > *Sent:* Monday, March 12, 2007 8:22 PM > > > > *To:* [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > *Subject:* [flexcoders] Passing an object reference as a property > > > > > > > > I would like to pass an object path through a property of another > > > > class, but can't figure out how to do it. > > > > > > > > model.someObject.currentObject (the ML variable) > > > > > > > > <comp: SomeCustomComponent source="model.someObject.currentObject" /> > > > > > > > > class SomeCustomComponent{ > > > > > > > > public var source:Object; > > > > > > > > function test(){ > > > > > > > > trace(model.someObject.currentObjec); > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > This outputs the string "model.someObject.currentObject" rather than > > > > the variable value at - model.someObject.currentObject > > > > > > > > thanks for the insight. > > > > > > > > - kevin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Ralf Bokelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Flex & Flash Consultant based in Cologne/Germany > Phone +49 (0) 221 530 15 35 >
