Ha it's the morning and just waking up...
The real anwer is,
addChild() will eventually call createChildren(). Since you have not called
addChild() on your VBox mxml component, createChildren() has not been
called.
createChildren() does not get called from a constructor call, just
initialize().
Peace, Mike
On 4/30/07, Michael Schmalle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
Don't quote me but,
I think it has to do that you do not have a parent on your main VBox
instance.
I don't think createComponentsFromDescriptors() is called until
parentChanged() or something is called (IE the parent VBox actually has a
parent).
This shouldn't be a problem, the timing of invalidation gives you plenty
of time to initialize your children when they are finally added to the
display list of the stage.
Peace, Mike
On 4/30/07, bhaq1972 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> This question is very similar to a question someone else is asking
> (may even be the same thing????)
>
> I've got a component called MyPrintView.mxml
>
> <mx:VBox>
> <mx:Label id="contact"/>
> <mx:PrintDataGrid id="printDG"/>
> </mx:VBox>
>
> when i create an instance of MyPrintView, its children are not
> created. why is that?
>
> if you addChild() to the Application....they are created. why is
> that?
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
> initialize="startUP()">
>
> <mx:Script>
> <![CDATA[
> private function startUP():void
> {
> var printView:MyPrintView = new MyPrintView();
> trace(printView);
> trace(printView.printDG, printView.contact); //both null
> addChild(printView);
> trace(printView.printDG, printView.contact); //both not null
>
> }
> ]]>
> </mx:Script>
> </mx:Application>
>
>
>
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