You have to make a reference to the function public. Private means just that: can't be called from the outside.
I would recommend having the renderers attach listeners to the MenuBar instead. ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dominic Pazula Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 9:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] referencing a private function I have a component extending MenuBar whose data provider provides the internal handler for the itemClick. I have a generic function that checks the MenuEvent for the needed property and then trys to call the function it specifies. Specifically <mx:MenuBar xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> " itemClick="internalClick(event)"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ private function internalClick(event:MenuEvent):void{ if (event.item.hasOwnProperty("internalEvt")){ try{ this[event.item.internalEvt]() } catch(e:Error){ } } } ... Now this works well as long as the specified function is public. However, I don't want all of these functions to be public. How can I reference and call a private function dynamically? Thanks Dominic
