Just so you know if I use this on the component it works fine
<mx:VBox >
<nutrition:Panelcreatemeal
id="pnlCreateBreakfast" meal="{nutritionData.breakfast}"/>
</mx:VBox>
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Jason B" <nos...@...> wrote:
>
> Main.mxml
> ------------------
>
> [Bindable]
> private var nutritionData:XML;
>
>
> // create breakfast
> private function createBreakfast():void
> {
> vsMain.selectedIndex = 1;
> vsCreateMeals.selectedIndex = 0;
> plantype = 'Breakfast';
>
> #1009 ERROR HERE BELOW !
> pnlCreateBreakfast.meal =
> nutritionData.breakfast;
>
> }
>
>
> <mx:HTTPService id="hsNutrition" url="/main.php/flexnutrition/nutritioncal"
> result="nutritionResultHandler(event)"
> fault="nutritionFaultHandler(event)" resultFormat="e4x"/>
>
>
> <mx:VBox width="100%" height="100%">
> <mx:ViewStack width="40%" height="410"
> borderStyle="inset" borderThickness="2" id="vsCreateMeals">
>
> <mx:VBox >
> <nutrition:Panelcreatemeal
> id="pnlCreateBreakfast" />
> </mx:VBox>
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> panelcreatemeal.mxml
> -------------
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <mx:Panel xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; width="100%" height="390"
> borderThicknessLeft="0" borderThicknessRight="0"
> borderThicknessBottom="0"
> dropShadowEnabled="false"
> horizontalAlign="center"
> xmlns:containers="com.dougmccune.containers.*" title="Select An Item from
> below" creationPolicy="all">
>
> <mx:Script>
> <![CDATA[
> //import com.createmealPanel;
>
> [Bindable]
> private var _meal:XMLList;
>
> public function set meal(value:XMLList):void
> {
> if(value)
> {
> _meal = value;
> createContainers();
> }
> }
>
> private function createContainers():void
> {
> for each(var item:Object in _meal.itemdata)
> {
> if(item.available == "yes")
> {
> var
> panelcreatemealitem:Panelcreatemealitem = new Panelcreatemealitem;
>
> coverflow.addChild(panelcreatemealitem);
> panelcreatemealitem.mealDetails
> = item;
> }
> }
> }
> ]]>
> </mx:Script>
>
> <containers:CoverFlowContainer id="coverflow" width="100%"
> height="100%"
> horizontalGap="1" borderStyle="inset"
> backgroundColor="0xFFFFFF"
> segments="9" reflectionEnabled="true"/>
>
> <mx:HBox>
> <mx:Button label="item 1"
> click="parentApplication.vsCreateMeals.selectedIndex=0;"/>
> <mx:Button label="side item 1"
> click="parentApplication.vsCreateMeals.selectedIndex=1;"/>
> <mx:Button label="side item 2"
> click="parentApplication.vsCreateMeals.selectedIndex=2;"/>
> </mx:HBox>
> </mx:Panel>
>
>
> ---------------------
> panelcreatemealitem.mxml
> ---------
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <mx:Panel xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; width="310" height="320"
> title="{mealDetails.title}" horizontalAlign="center"
> creationPolicy="all">
>
>
> <mx:Metadata>
> [Event(name="addToMeal")]
> [Event(name="learnAboutThis")]
> </mx:Metadata>
>
> <mx:Script>
> <![CDATA[
> import mx.controls.Alert;
>
> [Bindable]
> public var mealDetails:Object;
>
>
> private function calldispatch():void {
> parentApplication.createmeals_loadswf_var =
> mealDetails.swf;
> dispatchEvent(new Event('learnAboutThis',
> true));
>
> }
>
> ]]>
> </mx:Script>
>
> <mx:Image source="{mealDetails.imgsource }" width="285" height="159"/>
>
> <mx:Label text="{mealDetails.serving}"/>
>
> <mx:Button label="Add to Meal" click="dispatchEvent(new
> Event('addToMeal', true))"/>
>
> <mx:Button label="Learn About This" click="calldispatch()"/>
>
> </mx:Panel>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, claudiu ursica <the_braniak@> wrote:
> >
> > Quick and really dirty...
> > wrap them inside a try catch block... but then I can't believe I just said
> > that... Share some more code and I'll come up with something more
> > engineering like...
> >
> > C
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Jason B <nospam@>
> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2009 5:25:33 PM
> > Subject: [flexcoders] creation timing on panel component
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm calling a httpservice which I populate into this nutritionData
> > variable, I'm using a panel component to reuse it, and when I call the
> > #SETTER below it throws a 1009 error, I was wondering if the panel is
> > not yet created, if thats the case how can i wait until the panel is
> > created?
> >
> > [Bindable]
> > private var nutritionData: XML;
> >
> > #SETTER
> > pnlCreateBreakfast. meal = nutritionData. breakfast;
> >
>
