[flexcoders] Re: Creation Complete flag?

2009-12-31 Thread Amy
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dfalling dfall...@... wrote: Is there a publicly-exposed property on components that can be inspected to determine if they have finished creation yet? I know I can listen for creationComplete, but what can I do if it may have already been fired? Check

[flexcoders] Re: Creation Complete flag?

2009-12-30 Thread brian_m_riley
I have found that inspecting the Boolean property initialized in UIComponent is equivalent to determining if the creation complete event has fired for a UIComponent...from the docs for Flex SDK 3.5: initialized:Boolean A flag that determines if an object has been through all three phases of

[flexcoders] Re: Creation Complete flag?

2009-09-16 Thread valdhor
If it has already fired then your event handler will have run. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dfalling dfall...@... wrote: Is there a publicly-exposed property on components that can be inspected to determine if they have finished creation yet? I know I can listen for

[flexcoders] Re: Creation Complete flag?

2009-09-16 Thread valdhor
I should probably clarify a bit. You could create your own creationComplete flag. private var thisComponentIsComplete:Boolean = false; then set it in your creationComplete event handler private function onCreationComplete():void { thisComponentIsComplete = true; } --- In

[flexcoders] Re: Creation Complete flag?

2009-09-16 Thread dfalling
Man, I'm doing a terrible job communicating my problems. So I want way for other components to inspect each other to see if they've completed. I can't just listen to the event, because the creation could have happened before I ever had a reference to the component to start listening. I'm

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Creation Complete flag?

2009-09-16 Thread Fotis Chatzinikos
Do what Valdhor explains: public var compCreated:boolean = false ; creationComplete() { compCreated = true ; } now when ever needed check if compCreated == true On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 5:13 PM, dfalling dfall...@gmail.com wrote: Man, I'm doing a terrible job communicating my problems.

[flexcoders] Re: Creation Complete flag?

2009-09-16 Thread valdhor
So, I still don't understand. How would you create a component without having a reference to it? Also, if you have a public var thisComponentIsComplete:Boolean in your component that gets set when the creationComplete event fires, why can't you just ask the component if it has been created?

[flexcoders] Re: Creation Complete flag?

2009-09-16 Thread dfalling
I have a custom tab navigator that will be attached to a viewstack. It needs to know if the viewstack's children have been created or not. This could happen before it is attached to the viewstack or some time after due to creationPolicy, so I absolutely can't just listen for the