I'd attach an event listener to systemManager which listens for bubbling flash.events.Event.ADDED and flash.events.Event.REMOVED events and keeps a list. You will of course have to attach said event listener on Application.preinitialize or something like that.
I'm interested into why you'd want to do this though? -Josh On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 1:37 PM, pbrendanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In windows apps there is a control array collection that can be used > to find controls and return a handle to the appropriate object. > > What is the recommended Flex approach to finding controls and are > there any performance tradeoffs here - recursion is slow and > potentially error prone (stack overflows anyone?)?? > > (I'm seeing the use of recursive GetChildByName calls in some examples > and wonder if there is a more direct way to find a control given the > name/ID - regardless of the nesting level). Am I correct in thinking > that GetChildByName only searches the current node for an item, rather > than subordinate, nested items? > > TIA, > Patrick > > > -- "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
