And a few hints: Give the conponent you want to access an id. Repeater will automatically build an array of references to the instances. Access them using myId[n].
But I would suggest creating a custom component and repeating that. Encapsulate the reformatting functionality in that component. Pass in a reference to the entire currentItem via a public property. Implement the property as a setter function so you can invoke the formatting when it changes. Be aware that setters can fire before the children are created. Tracy ________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Andrews Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 7:28 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] The Repeater control and the getChildren() method ----- Original Message ----- From: schwazel <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 9:02 AM Subject: [flexcoders] The Repeater control and the getChildren() method Hello, I'm working on a flex application and i've an issue with the repeater control. In my application, i fill my component when i get some datas from my httpService component. I have to get every component of my application and go find its prolly value in the datas. I do that because whe i have a list the datas for the list arent well formatted. The problem that i have with the repeater is that the getChildren() method of the Container class doesn't count the repeaters as a child of the container. I found that in the Container class there is a mx_internal get méthod named childRepeaters that'd solve my problem, but as it's specified on the adobe site, Variables in the mx_internal namespace are ones that Adobe thinks have a high probability of changing in future versions of Flex, so they reside in a special namespace so developers know they may change. How can i easily use the repeater control without directly using variables under mx_internal namespace? First step should be google. http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/quickstart/using_the_repeater/ <http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/quickstart/using_the_repeater/> >From the page: The Repeater component places references to individual instances of a repeated component in an array. You define the name of the array by setting the id attribute of the component that you place in the Repeater. In the following example, the RadioButton control in the <mx:Repeater> tag has its id property set to buttonsArray. The Repeater component adds into this array a reference to each child RadioButton that it creates. You can refer to these individual children by using an index-based look-up on the array. For example, buttonsArray[0] returns a reference to the first RadioButton in the Repeater. Paul Thanks in advance. Feel free to ask for further details. -- Choisel.
