Aha. Yeah, the text property of a Label needs to be a String.
Since mx.controls.Spacer is not a String, you are getting the string
representation of the object: the "[object Object]" part.
That's the problem, the solution is... a little harder. You can put
a dynamic number of space characters into the return string instead
of the Spacer control, but I'm not sure there's a way to get the
exact results you want from a single Label object. You could always
use 2 labels with a spacer in between.
Doug
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Libby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> OK, this is what I am trying to do:
> I have a component that extends mx.controls.Label. Its text is set
> dynamically by use of the statement below:
>
> return title + new mx.controls.Spacer("{width:75%}") + ttlRecs +
recCount;
>
> so to use this object above, I have in mxml:
> <mx:Label text="{ myObj.text }"/>
>
> What displays on the screen is "Some text"[object Object]"more
text"
> **** quotes are mine - not displayed***.
>
> What I want to see on the screen is "Some text ....big
space....more
> text"
>
> So I need to somehow make the output of the Spacer drawing itself
be
> contained within my text.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Libby
>
>
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Rob Rusher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >
> > Are you talking about binding?
> >
> > <mx:Label text="{ myObj.labelText }"/>
> >
> > If your custom object has a String property that you want to
display
> in a
> > Label, you just reference it by name.
> >
> > Rob Rusher
> >
> >
> >
> > RIA Consultant
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
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> > Behalf Of Libby
> > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 3:22 PM
> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [flexcoders] How do you reference an object to get
> attributes for a
> > tag?
> >
> > I wanna do something like this:
> > <mx:Label text = a dynamic custom object />
> >
> > So far I have not hit upon the magic combination through
research and
> > trial and error : (
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Libby
> >
> >
> >
> >
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