If you need to access it, the best way is to keep a reference to it, such as in an instance variable. If you really need to get the parent to give it to you, you can use control.getChildAt(i).
Gordon Smith Adobe Flex SDK TEam From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Easton Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 6:57 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] How To Access Child From Parent? Hi, I am having a mental blank moment. If I add a child to a control. How can I access the child from the control? i.e. button = new Button(); control.addChild(button); So via control how can I now access that button? Cheers Mark