I think you should be able to constuct the id something like this:
var currentItem:Object = this['hbox' + number]
I assume you know the number of boxes you create.....
--Allan
On Nov 21, 2007 11:49 PM, gaurav1146 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Hi,
> I have a component where a user can add text boxes and Combo boxes
> depending on his requirement. For each addition I assign the ids to
> the elements in ascending order. Now I want to read the values from
> each of these textboxes and combo boxes in a for loop. How can I do
> that. I have a structure something like:
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> <mx:VBox>
> <mx:HBox id="hbox1">
> <mx:Textbox id="textbox1"/>
> <mx:ComboBox dataProvider="{dp}" id="comboBox1">
> <mx:HBox>
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> <mx:HBox id="hbox2">
> <mx:Textbox id="textbox2"/>
> <mx:ComboBox dataProvider="{dp}" id="comboBox2">
> <mx:HBox>
> <!--Next HBox would be added here with id="hbox3" and so on -->
> <mx:Button click="addHbox()">
> </mx:VBox>
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> Had the number of HBoxes been fixed I could access them by
> {hboxId.textboxid.text} but I can't do the same for dynamically
> generated ids. I tried using getChildByName but that was not working
> for me. Is there any function where I can get a component by supplying
> its id(like Javascript's getElementById)?
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> TIA,
> Gaurav
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