--- In [email protected], "Battershall, Jeff"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> OK, I tried this but I get a compiler error - owner (which is a
> DisplayObjectContainer) doesn't have a property owner.
I've used code like this in the past
var myParent:*=owner
while (myParent.className!='ComboBox'){
//pretty much everything will have either a parent or an owner
if (!(myParent.owner==null)){
myParent=myParent.owner;
}else{
myParent=myParent.parent;
}
}
//myParent is a ComboBox if you get to this point
Note that you need to be REALLY sure this will eventually hit a
ComboBox, or it will result in an endless loop. You can add in a
loop counter for safety, and exit after, say, 100 loops in case of a
failure to find a combobox.
Possibly you could also extend ComboBox to listen to SystemManager
and redispatch events.
HTH;
Amy
