Tracy, This is awesome--thank you very much! Exactly what I was looking for. I was doing all kinds of crazy stuff with dispatchEvent and addEventListener and was having no luck. Thanks again!
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why not just set an an instance variable(some people say global) like: > mx.core.Application.application._NextButtonViewIndex = > event.target.data; > > On Click you could then do: > myViewstack.selectedIndex = _NextButtonViewIndex; > > You are using a ViewStack, I hope? > > Tracy > > -----Original Message----- > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mink, Joseph > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 3:49 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Pass data from child component to parent in > wizard app > > I'm not totally sure of your approach, but as far as the specifc line > giving you trouble (mx.core.Application.application.nextButton.click = > mx.core.Application.application.goToScreenName (event.target.data);), did > you happen to trace or log the value of event.target.data? > > I think if I were making a wizard, I would use a different mxml > component for each wizard screen. And I would store the input from each > wizard screen in the parent application. > > Hope something here was useful to you, though I doubt it : ) > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of face7hill > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 3:22 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] Pass data from child component to parent in wizard > app > > > Hello All, > > I have a wizard type app called "main.mxml" with three children > ("screen1", "screen2" and "screen3"). I have a button in main.mxml > called "nextButton". Inside screen1.mxml are a couple of radio > buttons that a user can select. How do I get the selected radio > button (in the child component) to broadcast to the nextButton (in > the parent app) where it should point to? For example, in the code > below, on screen1.mxml, I have a function: > > //this function is fired when a user selects a radio > button > function buttonClicked( event : Object ) : Void { > > //this works > //sets the status label in the parent app > > mx.core.Application.application.setStatusLabel > (event.target.data); > > //this does not work > //trying to set where nextButton (in the > parent app) will point to when the nextButton is clicked > > mx.core.Application.application.nextButton.click = > mx.core.Application.application.goToScreenName(event.target.data); > } > > Am I approaching this the wrong way? Any suggestions? I am > essentially trying to create a wizard like application where the > flow from screen to screen will be based on the user's input on each > screen, so the nextButton.click in the parent app will be > dynamically assigned. > Thank you for any help! > > > > <!-- main.mxml --> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml"; > xmlns="*" width="100%" height="100%" pageTitle="Wizard Question" > initialize="initApp()"> > > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > > //This function is for jumping from screen > to screen outside of the flow when debugging > function jumpToScreen(x){ > mainViewStack.selectedIndex = x -1; > > } > > function goToScreenNumber(x){ > mainViewStack.selectedIndex = x-1; > } > > function goToScreenName(x){ > mainViewStack.selectedChild = x; > } > > function initApp(){ > //list initialization functions here > } > > function setPanelTitle(x){ > mainPanel.title = x; > > } > > function setStatusLabel (x){ > statusLabel.text = x; > } > > ]]> > </mx:Script> > > <!-- "jump to" form (for debugging screens)--> > <mx:HBox width="100%" horizontalAlign="right" > verticalAlign="bottom" borderStyle="none"> > > <mx:HBox width="50%" horizontalAlign="right"> > > <mx:Form id="showMeScreenForm" > borderStyle="none" marginTop="0" marginBottom="0"> > <mx:FormItem label="jump to screen:" > direction="horizontal" horizontalAlign="right"> > <mx:TextInput > id="showMeScreenTextInput" width="60"/> > <mx:Button > id="showMeScreenButton" label="Go" click="jumpToScreen > (showMeScreenTextInput.text);"/> > </mx:FormItem> > </mx:Form> > </mx:HBox> > </mx:HBox> > > > <!-- Main Panel --> > <mx:Panel id="mainPanel" title="" width="100%" height="100%" > styleName="mainPanel"> > <!-- Main ViewStack --> > <mx:ViewStack id="mainViewStack" width="100%" > height="100%"> > > > <!-- mainViewStack.selectedChild=screen1 - - > > > <screen1 id="screen1" label="screen1"/> > > <!-- mainViewStack.selectedChild=screen2 -- > > <screen2 id="screen2" label="screen2"/> > > <!-- mainViewStack.selectedChild=screen3 -- > > <screen3 id="screen3"/> > > > </mx:ViewStack> > <!-- End Main ViewStack --> > <!-- The Control Bar --> > <mx:ControlBar> > <mx:HBox width="50%" > horizontalAlign="left"> > <mx:Label > id="statusLabel" text="" width="200"/> > </mx:HBox> > <mx:HBox width="50%" > horizontalAlign="right"> > <mx:Button > id="backButton" label="Back"/> > <mx:Button > id="nextButton" label="Next"/> > </mx:HBox> > </mx:ControlBar> > </mx:Panel> > > > </mx:Application> > > > > > <!-- screen1.mxml --> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <!-- mainViewStack.selectedChild=screen1 --> > <mx:VBox width="100%" height="100%" > xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml"; > initialize="initScreen1();"> > > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > > function initScreen1(){ > > } > > //this function is fired when a user selects a radio > button > function buttonClicked( event : Object ) : Void { > > //this works > //sets the status label in the parent app > > mx.core.Application.application.setStatusLabel > (event.target.data); > > //this does not work > //trying to set where nextButton (in the > parent app) will point to when the nextButton is clicked > > mx.core.Application.application.nextButton.click = > mx.core.Application.application.goToScreenName(event.target.data); > } > > ]]> > </mx:Script> > > > <mx:Text text="Which screen would you like to go to?" > width="100%"/> > <mx:RadioButton id="goToScreen2RadioButton" label="screen2" > data="screen2" click="buttonClicked( event );"/> > <mx:RadioButton id="goToScreen3RadioButton" label="screen3" > data="screen3" click="buttonClicked( event );"/> > > > </mx:VBox> > > > > > <!-- screen2.mxml --> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:VBox width="100%" height="100%" > xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml";> > <mx:Text text="This is screen2." width="100%"/> > </mx:VBox> > > > > <!-- screen3.mxml --> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:VBox width="100%" height="100%" > xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml";> > <mx:Text text="This is screen3." width="100%"/> > </mx:VBox> > > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > Web site design development > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads? 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