I'm having trouble following this because I don't understand why your getter for itemLocation doesn't return what the setter set.
But, setting that aside, I suspect your binding problem is because your setter isn't dispatching a binding event. Gordon Smith Adobe Flex SDK Team ________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of fb6668 Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 10:25 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] 'Pointer' in actionscript? Hi. I have a custom component which uses data from my modellocator. Depending on the way this component is called depends where abouts this data comes from, ie: private var _itemLocation:Object; [Bindable] protected function get itemLocation():Object { if(isAssets) _itemLocation = model.factfind.assets; else _itemLocation = model.factfind.liabilities; return _itemLocation; } protected function set itemLocation(value:Object):void { _itemLocation = value; } model.factfind.assets and model.factfind.liabilities are both ArrayCollections. then, later on, I have <mx:Label text="{itemLocation.selectedAssets.getItemAt(0).name}"/> Now, this doesn't update as I'd expect when the first item in itemLocation.selectedAssets changes (whatever itemLocation refers to) If I change it to <mx:Label text="{model.factfind.assets.selectedAssets.getItemAt(0).name}"/> it works perfectly. So it seems that when I do the set/get on itemLocation, it copies the value of model.factfind.assets/liabilities rather than acting as a "pointer" to that. How do I get it to work like a pointer so when model.factfind.assets changes, so does itemLocation, in order that I can use the same component for both assets and liabilities? Thanks
