On 5/18/07, Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
That actually does fix it...shouldn't I be able to add and remove without having to write work-arounds for bugs in Flex though?
Of course... we should outlaw bugs :) Hank If I wanted that kind of development experience I'd go back to writing
HTML and JavaScript. ;) --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Andrew Trice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I noticed that you are using removeEffects on the components. That is > the root of your problem. I bet it you took those off, you wouldn't get > the error anymore. In my experience with Flex, I've noticed that the > child indexes change when an item is actually removed (when the effect > has completed). There is a synchronization issue that occurs while the > effect is playing. > > > > Adding children while a remove effect is playing usually causes errors > very similar to what you are experiencing. If you are adding another > child, try adding it after the remove effect has finished playing. Hope > that helps. > > > > -Andy > > > > _____________________________________ > > Andrew Trice > > Technical Lead > > > > Cynergy Systems, Inc. > > http://www.cynergysystems.com > > > > Blog: http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs/page/andrewtrice > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Office: 866-CYNERGY > > > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] On > Behalf Of Matt Wicks > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 10:23 AM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex is Broken > > > > I had a similar problem .. never really got to the bottom of it but I > found that addChildAt worked while addChild didn't ? > > On 18 May 2007, at 15:03, Matt wrote: > > > > > > The exact error message I'm currently getting is as follows: > > RangeError: Error #2006: The supplied index is out of bounds. > at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/addChildAt() > at > mx.core::UIComponent/http://www.adobe. > <http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::$addChildAt> > com/2006/flex/mx/internal::$addChildAt() > at mx.core::Container/addChildAt() > at mx.effects::EffectManager$/::removedEffectHandler() > at Function/http://adobe. <http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply> > com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply() > at mx.core::UIComponent/::callLaterDispatcher2() > at mx.core::UIComponent/::callLaterDispatcher() > at flash.utils::Timer/flash.utils:Timer::_timerDispatch() > at flash.utils::Timer/flash.utils:Timer::tick() > > Just to be clear here though, I'm calling addChild, not addChildAt > (internally addChild calls addChildAt). > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:flexcoders% <flexcoders%25> 40yahoogroups.com> > ups.com, "Matt" <matt@> wrote: > > > > I have been using Flex for quite a while now and I've found quite a > > few moderate to serious bugs, but the one that keeps slapping my face > > when I approach something close to stability is this error: > > > > RangeError: Error #2006: The supplied index is out of bounds. > > > > This seems to occur due to ActionScript 3's lack of concurrency > > support. It would seem that if I quickly remove and add several > > components to a container this shows its ugly head. What makes this > > particularly scary is that the error message appears once and then any > > time I try to do anything at all to the container after that it throws > > the same message over and over. > > > > I originally saw this appear in reference to popups on the > > SystemManager container and created a work-around to pre-instantiate > > windows and just keep them hidden until needed. It was specifically a > > problem when I would use the popup manager to display a menu and the > > selection of a menu option would then display a window. What ended up > > happening was that the window would be created and popped up at the > > same time the popup was being removed and it would get its internal > > indexing off it would seem and never could you do anything to the > > SystemManager container again. > > > > Is there a way to add and remove items "safely" or is this a known bug > > and one I just have to live with until Adobe gets around to fixing it? > > >
