Thanks for the comment, if creationPolicy is bad, what do other people
do and why is it bad?
Thanks,
timgerr
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Hoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Tim,
>
> The problem is that only the first child of a TabNavigator is
> instantiated initially. Not best practice, but you can set
> creationPolicy="All" for the TabNavigator; in order to reference the
> other children on init.
>
> -TH
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "timgerr" <tgallagher@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all, I have a TabNavigator that contains 2 forms:
> > <mx:TabNavigator x="196" y="160" width="200" height="200" id="TopTab">
> > <mx:Form id="FormOne" label="User">
> > <mx:FormItem label="First Name">
> > <mx:TextInput id="fname"/>
> > </mx:FormItem>
> > <mx:FormItem label="Last Name">
> > <mx:TextInput id="lname"/>
> > </mx:FormItem>
> > </mx:Form>
> >
> > <mx:Form id="FormTwo" label="Address">
> > <mx:FormItem label="Address">
> > <mx:TextInput id="address"/>
> > </mx:FormItem>
> > <mx:FormItem label="Zip Code">
> > <mx:TextInput id="zip"/>
> > </mx:FormItem>
> > </mx:Form>
> > </mx:TabNavigator>
> >
> > and I wrote this script to traverse a Form:
> > public function Frm(f:Form):void
> > {
> > var a:Array = f.getChildren();
> > for(var i:int = 0; i < a.length; i++){
> > this.FrmI(a[i]);
> > }
> > }
> >
> > public function FrmI(f:FormItem):void
> > {
> > var a:Array = f.getChildren();
> > for(var i:int = 0; i < a.length; i++){
> > trace(a[i].id);
> > }
> > }
> >
> > so the script will take a form object, then see how many childreen it
> > has then it will send the formitems to FrmI. Frmi will get me the name
> > of the child objects and that is all. So the problem is when I run
> init()
> > public function init():void
> > {
> > Frm(FormOne);
> > Frm(FormTwo);
> > }
> > I get this in return:
> > fname
> > lname
> >
> > If I just run the 2nd form like this:
> > public function init():void
> > {
> > Frm(FormTwo);
> > }
> >
> > Nothing is displayed. I think this has to do with TabNavigator. It
> > looks to only get information from the tab that is on the top. Is
> > that correct, and what do I have to do in order to get all the
> > information ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > timgerr
> >
>
