I've asked something similar to this question before, and Gordon told me that setting names is not a recommended practice. This confuses me though, It seems that if you can't set the name, then getChildByName is not very useful. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/message/71016
I have tried the name thing though, and I think your right, it's not recursive. Since my RTEs are nested I would have to reference the parent VBox which would be dynamic and I would be in the same situation. I can't simply pass a reference because I am using a webservice that hits a .NET backend. Maybe there is a way but I am not aware of it. --- In [email protected], "scott_flex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This will work.... > RichTextEditor(this.getChildByName("item1")).htmlText = "TEST" > > ... if your RichTextEditor object has the name, item1, not ID. > getChildByName as it states finds your object by it's name property not > the ID property. > > You'll also have to make sure that whatever object you are calling > getChildOByName on, the rich text editor is a direct child of it. I > don't believe the getChildByName is recursive at all. > > And if you are creating the rich text editor on teh fly, why not just > pass the reference to it? > > --Scott > > --- In [email protected], "Nate Pearson" <napearson99@> > wrote: > > > > I am calling a webservice to get text for an item(RichTextEditor) that > > I am adding dynamically. > > > > If i set the ID of the rte to "item1" how do I reference that in my > > webservice handler? I have the string pass through so that the > > handler knows that the ID should be item1. > > > > I've tried: > > RichTextEditor("item1").htmlText = "TEST" > > > > and > > > > RichTextEditor(this.getChildByName("item1")).htmlText = "TEST" > > > > but neither work. Any help is greatly appreciated. > > >
