Thanks for the reply. I think I'm going to set bindable properties inside the other pod and automatically update the info that way.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can certainly do this with a direct call, but you will be better > served to use an event mechanism. One issue with direct calls in a > non-trivial app is that you will run into instantiation timing issues. > By default, Flex does not render all UI elements on start-up, but defers > instantiation until the UI area is viewed. Attempting to access members > of a non-rendered object will raise exceptions.