well i'm not sure what you're actually trying to do but you can hide the id within a certain scope.
look at code: MyApp.mxml <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; xmlns="*" layout="absolute"> <myCanvas id="mycanvas" /> </mx:Application> myCanvas.mxml <mx:Canvas xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; xmlns="*" width="400" height="300"> <testcmp id="mypanel"> <myButtons> <mx:Button id="btn1" label="button 1" /> <mx:Button id="btn2" label="button 2" /> </myButtons> </testcmp> </mx:Canvas> testcmp.mxml <mx:Panel xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; width="400" height="300"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import mx.controls.Button; public function set myButtons(value:Array):void { _myButtons = value; _myButtonsChanged = true; invalidateProperties(); } public function get myButtons():Array { return _myButtons; } protected var _myButtons:Array protected var _myButtonsChanged:Boolean; override protected function commitProperties():void { if (_myButtonsChanged) { _myButtonsChanged = false; removeAllChildren(); var l:int = _myButtons.length; for (var i:int = 0; i < l; i++) { var btn:Button = _myButtons[i]; addChild(btn); } } } ]]> </mx:Script> </mx:Panel> So you can access the button ID's via the panel. Only the canvas. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Josh McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bummer... I've got some classes in which I'm doing a lot of the stuff > declaritvely in MXML, and I just didn't want the ids leaking into the public > API. > > I guess I'll just have to rethink things a little bit, make the declarative > stuff the public API, and have it reference the functions that are declared > in <mx:script> that used to be ;-) > > -J > > On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Bjorn Schultheiss < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Everything you described is possible except the protected instead of > > public part. > > At some point one of the accessor must be public. > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Josh > > McDonald" <dznuts@> wrote: > > > > > > Hey guys, > > > > > > Is it possible to define (non visual) components in MXML that are > > protected > > > instead of public, but can still be referenced by the ID (or a name, or > > > something)? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > -J > > > > > > -- > > > "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for > > thee." > > > > > > :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald > > > :: 0437 221 380 :: josh@ > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." > > :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald > :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
