The Repeater executes once, and then you can't access it as you have. I think you give the repeated components an id, like myTxt, and then outside the repeater you refer to them as myTxt[0], myTxt[1].
See the FB 3 help sys for more info. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "johndoematrix" <johndoemat...@...> wrote: > > hi am trying to bind a text component to a selected item in a repeater but i > get the following error > > Error: Repeater is not executing. > at mx.core::Repeater/get currentItem() > at custom_comps::home/creatednewzPopup() > at custom_comps::home/___LinkButton1_click() > > this is the way am trying to bind it. > > "story.text = newz.currentItem.story;" newz being the id of the repeater. i > would like that when someone clicks on an item in the repeater, the text > component is bound to the repeaters selected item or for that matter > currentItem just like binding a list component to a text input using > selectedItem. thanks >