passing an instance to the parent class as a variable is exactly what i did, thanks guys!
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 2:26 PM, actionscript_czar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since it looks like MiniTextEditor is a custom component, you could > make a public variable, or at least a public setter, inside your > component so that a reference is available in your component. Then > you would instantiate it like this: > > textPopUp = new MiniTextEditor(); > textPopUp.creator = this; > PopUpManager.addPopUp( textPopUp, this ); > > Then the variable should be available to you. > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Derrick > > Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > hi, > > > > i create a popup like this from file A: > > > > textPopUp = > > MiniTextEditor( > > PopUpManager.createPopUp(this, MiniTextEditor)); > > > > in this case 'this' is file B: > > > > from my popup I am trying to call a function in file A, and since > the parent > > i pass to the popup is not actually the 'parent' - i can't figure > out how to > > reference a function in the actual parent. any ideas? > > > > d. > > > > >
