Yikes, I never saw this. I think I am linking to these things wrong. I just subscribed to the digest because I was getting hundreds of emails.
Thanks Tracy, I spent the whole weekend on this, got nowhere. I will have this up and running ASAP, hopefully. Here's where I ended up at the end, but your code makes a lot of sense...I couldn't figure out how to deal with the XML part considering I was trying to grab it from somewhere else, and then throw it somewhere else: ...OK nevermind I guess I un-src'ed the srcview:( Also, in effort to homogenize my efforts, I also made the 2 different HTTPService XML files (galleriesData.xml and 'alltheindividualgalleries'.xml) E4X with attributes per node as opposed to many nodes, and the logic is much more clear now. I'll post what I have when I get home:) I think your code is exactly the right idea. As always, I appreciate it very much:) You take cheques? Shawn --- In [email protected], "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First, "....bigImage.source="{data.piclink}"; will not work. You cannot > use binding braces in AS code. > > > > Second, where is the "data" object you reference in that line? > > > > I suspect you really want something like: > > public function thumbChanged(event:Event):void { > > var xmlData:xml = XML(event.target.selectedItem); > > var sPicLink:String = [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > Application.application.galleries_module1.imagetabs.bigImage.source = > sPicLink; > > Application.application.galleries_module1.thumbloader.thumbService.se nd( > ); > > > > Tracy > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of shawn.gibson > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 1:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Unbelievably embarassing question - making > components talk (and modules) amongst > > > > OK well I'm I guess one or two lines from making the 'simple' version > work. When I hard-code the following in my thumbChanged method, it > works...well if loading the same image no matter what thumb you click > means it works LOL: > > Application.application.galleries_module1.imagetabs.bigImage.source=" a > ssets/galleries/CD2.jpg"; > > But when I try to grab the proper {data.piclink} which corelates to > the thumblink after clicking (i.e., the right image in the XML file), > I get, well, nothing, not even an error LOL...but no image > either...it DOES make the broken image link go blip, but it doesn't > load. Here's what I am trying to do, but please keep in mind, with > this sort of thing, I still have absolutely no idea what I'm doing > yet (the source code in the HBox works, but my thumbChanged method is > frying): > > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > > import mx.containers.HBox;//??? > import mx.core.Application; > //import mx.core.Application; > > [Bindable] > public var selectedThumb:XML; > > // Event handler for the Tree control change event. > public function thumbChanged(event:Event):void { > > Application.application.galleries_module1.imagetabs.bigImage.s > ource="{data.piclink}"; > > Application.application.galleries_module1.thumbloader.thumbSer > vice.send(); > > //Application.application.galleries_module1.imagetabs.bigImage > .source="{data.piclink}"; > //selectedHBoxItem=HBox(event.target).selectedThumb > as XML; > //Application.application.thumbService.lastResult.galle > ry.piece.piclink.url=selectedThumb.piclink; > // parentDocument.thumbloader.thumbService.send(); > //Application.application.thumbService.send(); > }; > > ]]> > > </mx:Script> > > <mx:HBox click="thumbChanged(event);" > id="thumbbox" width="100%" height="100%" > verticalAlign="middle" verticalGap="0" > verticalScrollPolicy="off" horizontalAlign="center" > backgroundColor="#000000" backgroundAlpha="0.0"> > <mx:Image id="img" source="{data.thumblink}" > horizontalAlign="center" verticalAlign="middle" height="75%"/> > </mx:HBox> > </mx:Canvas> > > As usual, the source is available if I'm clear as mud...I'd really > appreciate any help here, because I've spent all weekend on it and > I'm just totally lost: > > http://www.shawngibson.com/faceitphoto.ca/shawn/index.html > <http://www.shawngibson.com/faceitphoto.ca/shawn/index.html> > > (click the "Galleries button", anything else will probably blow up...) > > Shawn > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com> > , "Tracy Spratt" <tspratt@> wrote: > > > > Yes, also Application.application will give you a reference to the > > top-level application. As I said in my other post, there are many > ways. > > > > Tracy > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com> > > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com> > ] On > > Behalf Of shawn.gibson > > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 6:15 PM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Unbelievably embarassing question - making > > components talk (and modules) amongst > > > > > > > > I'm sure it goes deeper than this (if you'll pardon the pun), but > if > > you add 'parentDocument' to your parent (i.e., > > parentDocument.thumbloader.etc you get the kind of thing I'm > hoping, > > at least for component-to-component-from-within-the-same-module. > > > > I typed the name of the error message into the help screen. Go > > figure :S > > > > Shawn > > > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:flexcoders% > 40yahoogroups.com> > > , "shawn.gibson" <shawn.gibson@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Thanks to Tracy's earlier help, I was able to get at least the > ugly > > > (i.e., my) version of HTTPService going (and I'll revisit it to > > > Tracy's specs one I figure this here problem out), but in order > for > > > me to do it, I had to de-compartmentalize all my code. In other > > > words, I have originally been using an approach where each > > > major 'page' was a module loaded into a state of my main app, and > > > each major chunk of a module was made of a custom component (the > > > entire Tree, it's code, the little stuff; or the entire thumbnail > > > with all it's itemrendering in a HorizontalList...etc)- nice > > > separation of code, easy to understand in 6 months, and no 6,000 > > line > > > files. Also offered me a fighting chance in the future to figure > > out > > > model, control, and view separation. > > > > > > But for me to get (for example) the tree component I made to > > > communicate with the thumbnail component, both housed in the > > > galleries module, I had to hardcode the components back into the > > > module (i.e., they are no longer components), so the module is > now > > > one big-ass file that has no components, they are right in the > > file. > > > > > > I can't go on like this, it's just too ugly. As a designer and a > > poet > > > wannabe, that sucks LOL. > > > > > > But I can't for the life of me get things to talk amongst > > themselves, > > > say my module has 3 custom components doing their things...how do > I > > > access something in one component from another component? > > > > > > I became very afraid when I realized there doesn't seem to be any > > > kind of AS2/Flash dummy-movie approach - loadMovie ('thisthing') > > into > > > dummyclip instance 'whatever' and suddenly you just say > > > whatever.thisthing.stuff, and you've gained access to everything. > > In > > > other words, you can jump up and down as long as you know the > > scope. > > > I haven't a clue what the equivalent is in Flex 2. > > > > > > It's very embarassing. I refuse to get through this weekend > without > > > figuring it out. I'm not botching my gallery project by having 5- > 6 > > > modules (as I DO want) but with thousands of hardcoded chunks > > within > > > them, when each module should by rights have nice piecemealed > > (sorry > > > for the word) custom components doing their thing from their own > > file > > > and from there communicating with each other. I need to use > > > components in the modules for my own sanity, and even worse, how > do > > I > > > get one module to talk to another module's objects, functions, > etc.? > > > > > > In a word, you can't go from: > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > > > srv.send(); > > > > > > ...strip it out into a component and then call the id of the > > parent, > > > i.e.: > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > > > thumbloader.srv.send(); > > > > > > ...you get "Access of undefined property thumbloader" for your > > > troubles... > > > > > > You can't back up a generation like you could with Flash. Or if > you > > > can, I'm missing big bits of the puzzle. > > > > > > Any suggestions, other than take a chill-pill? > > > > > > Thanks guys, > > > > > > Shawn > > > > > >
