Actually the problem still persists. It seems that if I change the
property on my custom component from within itself, like:
this.modelValue = .35;
Then it doesn't dispatch up the update.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Todd
--- In [email protected], "Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello All,
> I'm having some issues where a property on a custom MXML control
> isn't firing to the bound parent:
>
> Parent MXML
> [Bindable] public var testPercentage:Number;
>
> <CustomTextControl modelValue="{testPercentage}" />
>
> Inside the CustomTextControl, which is sublcassed from TextInput I have:
> [Bindable]
> public function set modelValue(value:Number):void{
> _modelValue = value;
> this.text = numberToPercentString(value);
> // the following wasn't originally here, I added it
> // because I read some Blogs with potential solutions
> dispatchEvent(new Event("modelValueChanged"));
> }
> public function get modelValue():Number
> {
> return _modelValue;
> }
>
> Somewhere else in the CustomTextControl, I call:
> _this.modelValue = .123456
>
> My expected behavior is that the testPercentage would be updated, but
> it doesn't occur.
>
> It seems this should be pretty straight forward, but I'm not getting
> anywhere with it.
>
> I've tried a few things, but nothing I do seems to work. I've looked
> at the MXML compiler output. the Flex frameworks TextInput source
> code. Afterall, I'm really trying to bind in a simialr way that text
> is, except to a typed Number.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks a bunch.
>
