I just tried that and get an error: "Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference"
Thanks for helping. --- In [email protected], "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ah, no I looked at the history and that was a different thread, probably > confused others as well. > > > > Ok, try this: > > var xmlMenuItem:XML = > myMenuData..menuItem.(attribute("id")=="menuDown")[0]; > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] = false; > > > > Tracy > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of bc24fl > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 9:56 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Enable / Disable Flex Menu Items > Programmatically using AS 3.0 > > > > I'm really struggling for help. We have done everything to try and > get a solution to this problem including: > > 1. Posting on public forums / mailing lists > 2. Purchased books on AS3 and Flex > 3. Signed up for a year subscription to Lynda.com > 4. Purchased support from experts-exchange.com > 5. Purchased support directly from Adobe where supposedly it's 3 day > response (no resolution) and we have received no response for a week > (business days). > > What in the world am I doing wrong? This question doesn't appear to > be rocket science as I've done this (enable/disable menu items) in > many other programming languages. > > As you can see I have exhausted every (that I know of) resource. What > else am I to do? My employer is upset and now considering dropping > the language altogether and I don't want that. > > Any advice would BE MUCH APPRECIATED. > > End rant. > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > , "bc24fl" <bc24fl@> wrote: > > > > I have the following XML data defined in my app: > > > > ========= > > <!-- Define the menu data. --> > > <mx:XML format="e4x" id="myMenuData"> > > <root> > > <menuitem id="menuDrill" label="Drill =>" > > > <menuitem id="menuDown" label="Down" toggled="false" > > enabled="true"/> > > <menuitem id="menuUp" label="Up" toggled="false" > > enabled="true"/> > > </menuitem> > > <menuitem type="separator"/> > > <menuitem label="Lock / Unlock" type="check" > toggled="false"/> > > <menuitem type="separator"/> > > <menuitem label="Reset Graph" toggled="false"/> > > </root> > > </mx:XML> > > =========== > > > > I can statically disable one of the items by setting enabled="false", > > however I need to disable the item by using Action Script 3.0. > > > > I've tried using dataDescriptor like so but it does not work: > > > > =========== > > myMenu.dataDescriptor.setEnabled(myMenuData.menuDrill.menuDown,false); > > =========== > > > > I've posted this on a few forums and haven't received a solution. I > > hope I can find one here. > > > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > > > Thanks. > > >
