In a previous response, I mentioned that if the removed component has been invalidated before removal, the LayoutManager will have a reference and will call it. You can call validateNow() to revalidate before removal, or find out why it is invalidated and prevent the invalidation.
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Ham Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 9:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: States, Garbage Collection, Event Listeners--all FUBAR By "still available," the symptom is that after being removed, a trace statement in the removed component's updateDisplayList method still appears. Plus there is other emergent behavior (duplicate objects, etc) that suggests the old page and/or its contents aren't completely gone.

