If you use includeIn or excludeFrom, then itemCreationPolicy becomes available and you can set it to "immediate" -
<imageComponent includeIn="State 1" itemCreationPolicy="immediate" id="imcomp" /> Then in code you could in imcomp.currentState = "myDesiredState", even before State 1 has been used. Hope this helps, Derek From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of dorkie dork from dorktown Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 5:15 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Proper way to ensure components in a different state are created When I try to access components that are in a different state on the line after I set the current state I get this error, TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. // code currentState = NOTES; noteComponent.text = value; // noteComponent exists in NOTES state and is not created yet I know this is because of the Flex invalidation cycle and I'm aware I could use databinding and I know I could use callLater. But if I needed to create the components immediately for only the state I'm going to how would I do that? Custom Component: <Group> <states> <State 1> <State 2> <State 3> </states> <imageComponent includeIn="State 1"/> <videoComponent includeIn="State 2"/> <noteComponent includeIn="State 3"/> </Group> JP __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5414 (20100901) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
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