I don't know about most people but I never need to know the id of a "repeated" item.
All of the items I have in a repeater are instances of a specific object. This object has class members and functions and can do everything it needs to do on its own. If I need it to (Which is infrequent) each object can get to its parent or even the Application object itself. So, I ask, Why would you need to refer to a repeated component? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Amy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "sdl1326" <azsl1326-email@> wrote: > > > > I am using the Tile Component along with a repeater and then a custom > > component (image control). Is it possible to give the custom component > > a unique id/name? I have tried to use a variable associated with the > > current repeater item ({repeater.currentItem.name}), however, it does > > not seem that this is possible as I am getting an error that the ID is > > not a valid identifier. > > > > Thanks for any and all replies. > > > > If you have something like this: > > <mx:Repeater id="theRepeater" dataProvider="{yourAC}"> > <yourNS:YourComponent id="foo"/> > </mx:Repeater> > > then you can refer to any repeated component by its index within foo. > i.e. foo[0] is the first component. This is pretty thoroughly > documented in the help for Repeater. > > HTH; > > Amy >