Use the XML.parent() method.
Tracy ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dffmyco Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 10:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Find parent of selected item in tree I just can not seem to figure out how to get the parent of a selected item ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). In this case I need to know the genus name when a species is selected. Note that a species name is not unique to a genus name, Uromyces ingae and Puccinia ingae public var nameData:XML = <allData> <genus name="Uromyces"> <species name="ingae"/> <species name="elegans"/> <species name="dolicholi"/> </genus> <genus name="Ravenelia"> <species name="irregularis" /> </genus> <genus name="Puccinia"> <species name="ingae"/> <species name="manoelae"/> <species name="longirostris"/> </genus> </allData> Thanks, Dave
