For future reference, here's how that would look. Thanks Doug! http://pastie.textmate.org/234868
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Doug McCune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Set a dirty flag in your setter (like childrenDirty = true) and call > invalidateProperties(), then override commitProperties() and check if > your dirty flag is set, if so then add the children in there. > > Doug > > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Sean Clark Hess <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]<seanhess%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > I know how to add children to a component doing something like the > > following, but I can't help but think there ought to be a better way to > do > > it. Perhaps I should be overriding one of UIComponent's methods? Anyway, > > the issue (see link) is that container isn't defined when the setter is > > called. Where is the proper place to actually add the children? > > > > http://pastie.textmate.org/234853 > > > > You would use it like this -- > > > > <me:myComp> > > > > <me:newChildren> > > > > <mx:Button label='new button'/> > > > > </me:newChildren> > > > > </me:myComp> > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > >
