Hi, Maybe you should try setting creationPolicy="all" on your TabBar. By default, it first creates the child components when someone tabs into it. If you set it to "all", all child controls will be created up-front (which can be expensive, if you have many that are complex).
See: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/langref/mx/core/Container.html#creationPolicy --- In [email protected], "gers32" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Components A and B are inside Panels of a ViewStack; they're accessed > via a TabBar. > > I define an HttpService within component A. > I call A.HttpService from an action in component B. > > When I perform the action in component B, A.HttpService will only get > called if I have PREVIOUSLY visited A... And to top it all off, > A.creationComplete() doesn't get fired either when I visit it, unless > I have PREVIOUSLY performed the action in B ! > > My problem seems to stem from the order in which these components get > initialized, but this behavior doesn't make sense to me. > > Thanks for your help, > > Chris. >

