I would suggest using: event.currentTarget.selectedItem.parent()[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--- In [email protected], "dffmyco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 >
