Dirk, Works perfectly well - thank you. The last step to making this completely work is: How about the text color. Binding the color property to a public bindable String variable did not do the trick:
<mx:Label id="LblSystemMessage" width="450" text="{message}" color="{textColor}"/> and later this.TheSystemMessageDialog.textColor="#333333"; does not work. Ralf --------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dirk Eismann Sent: Donnerstag, 8. Dezember 2005 14:42 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Part 2: Issues with State and Component creation (Flex 2.0 Alpha) Hi, try to expose the text that should be displayed in the SystemMessage component as a public member and let the Label bind to this member, i.e. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Canvas xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2005/mxml" xmlns="*"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ [Bindable] public var message:String; ]]> <mx:Script> <mx:Label id="TheMessage" text="{message}"/> </mx:Canvas> Later you do private function addLabel():Void { currentState="LabelAdded"; TheSystemMessage.message = "I have been added"; } Dirk. ________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ralf Rottmann Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 2:34 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Part 2: Issues with State and Component creation (Flex 2.0 Alpha) Here is some code which illustrates the issue: 1. The Component (File SystemMessage.mxml): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Canvas xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2005/mxml" xmlns="*"> <mx:Label id="TheMessage"/> </mx:Canvas> 2. The main application (File StatePlayground.mxml): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2005/mxml" xmlns:local="*"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ private function addLabel():Void { currentState="LabelAdded"; TheSystemMessage.TheMessage.text = "I have been added"; } private function removeLabel():Void { currentState=""; } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Canvas width="100%" height="100%"> <mx:VBox> <mx:Button label="Add label" click="addLabel()"/> <mx:Button label="Remove label" click="removeLabel()"/> </mx:VBox> </mx:Canvas> <mx:states> <mx:State name="LabelAdded"> <mx:AddChild position="firstChild"> <local:SystemMessage id="TheSystemMessage"/> </mx:AddChild> </mx:State> </mx:states> </mx:Application> รจ Issue: First click on "Add label" Buttonf fails with Erorr #1009: Null has no properties. If you dismiss the error subsequent clicks work. Ralf -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com ________________________________ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS * Visit your group "flexcoders <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders> " on the web. * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . ________________________________ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> AIDS in India: A "lurking bomb." Click and help stop AIDS now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/9QUssC/lzNLAA/TtwFAA/nhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/