[flexcoders] checking for an existing VBox container in ActionScript?

[Anthony Ettinger]

I want to dynamically create a VBox container for messaging from
ActionScript, however it's unclear to me how to check if one already
exists given its ID.

var vBox:VBox = new VBox();

vBox.id = 'theBox";
vBox.styleName = "theBoxStyle";

addChild(vBox); // here is where I want to check for getById('theBox')
in the DOM before adding a new one.





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