Indeed I do. It's definitely set in every case though...
--- In [email protected], "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Do you have a 'name' property in your data provider objects?
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Ryan
> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 4:29 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [flexcoders] Very strange runtime error with a repeater.
>
>
>
> I've used repeaters before so I definitely know how they work as a
> whole. I've never had
> the issue I'm about to describe and I've been fruitless in my search
> efforts.
>
> I have built a custom-component (sort-of a menu) that uses a repeater to
> list out the
> menu items. In the mxml I've set its dataProvider to (hypothetically)
> this.parentDocument.myArray (also tried parentApplication out of
> desperation which didn't
> help at all). When i place items into that array I can do
> myComponent.myRepeater.executeBindings and the new items show up just
> fine.
>
> The problem comes when I want to completely clear the list, remove an
> element of it, or
> set the list to something else (myArray = myOtherArray). Whenever I do
> any of these and
> then attempt to execute bindings, i get a huge error message...which
> follows:
>
> TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter name must be non-null.
> at flash.display::DisplayObject/set name()
> at MethodInfo-2196()
> at MethodInfo-1590()
> at Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply
> <http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply> ()
> at mx.binding::Binding/mx.binding:Binding::wrapFunctionCall()
> at mx.binding::RepeatableBinding/::recursivelyProcessIDArray()
> at mx.binding::RepeatableBinding/::recursivelyProcessIDArray()
> at mx.binding::RepeatableBinding/execute()
> at mx.binding::Binding/watcherFired()
> at mx.binding::Watcher/notifyListeners()
> at mx.binding::PropertyWatcher/eventHandler()
> at
> flash.events::EventDispatcher/flash.events:EventDispatcher::dispatchEven
> tFunction()
> at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
> at mx.core::UIComponent/dispatchEvent()
> at mx.core::Repeater/set dataProvider()
> at MethodInfo-2194()
> at Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::call
> <http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::call> ()
> at mx.binding::Binding/::innerExecute()
> at Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply
> <http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply> ()
> at mx.binding::Binding/mx.binding:Binding::wrapFunctionCall()
> at mx.binding::Binding/execute()
> at mx.binding::BindingManager$/executeBindings()
> at mx.core::UIComponent/executeBindings()
> at index/appClosed()
> at pages/__launchCloseButton_click()
>
> For clarity, ALL I'm doing is running executeBindings() and this
> happens. I've verified over
> and over that the data in my dataProvider array is clean and correct.
>
> The only difference between this repeater and ones I've done in the past
> is that this
> repeater is part of a custom component instead of part of my main mxml
> program. I can't
> imagine why this would be creating any issues, but whether or not it's
> related to that, I'd
> be VERY appreciative of any help that you all could give. I've been
> working on this on and
> off for four days now and I can't seem to get anywhere with it.
>
> Thanks, RV
>
