Yes, you need to use ClassFactory. Search the archives for examples. Tracy
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ethan Miller Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 2:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Assigning ItemRenderers in AS vs MXML Greetings - The following mxml works fine: <mx:DataGridColumn id="peopleColumn" headerText="{AdvisorModel.getInstance().selectedQuestionList.getItemAt(0 ).Label}" itemRenderer="Apps.Advisor.Shared.IR_People"/> However this AS (part of a dynamic dataGrid creation) which attempts to do the same as the mxml above fails reporting that it annot coerce "IR_People" to mx.Core.IFactory: dgc = new DataGridColumn(); dgc.headerText = oColumnDef.headerText var ir:IR_People = new IR_People); dgc.itemRenderer = ir; (the above is part of a function the rest of which is working fine). Something special about creating itemRenderers in AS? cheers, ethan
