Marlon,
So long as you know the container where the child exists, you can say:
container.getChildByName(name:String):DisplayObject
or
container.getChildIndex(child:DisplayObject):int
Hope that helps,
Mike
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Marlon Moyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> sorry, I didn't phrase the question correctly. I have the name of a
> component in a string variable (e.g. I've named a component
> 'name="repeater_state_{divisionRepeater.currentItem.id}") and now I
want to
> be able to refer to that component dynamically.
>
>
> On 10/16/06, Gordon Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > You simply refer to components by their id. You don't have to "look
> > them up" by it. For example, if you have
> >
> >
> >
> > MyApp.mxml:
> >
> >
> >
> > <mx:Application>
> >
> > <mx::Canvas id="c1">
> >
> > <mx:Button id="b1">
> >
> > ...
> >
> >
> >
> > then in the Application's <mx:Script> methods you can write
expressions
> > like b1.label.
> >
> >
> >
> > Technically, what is happening is that the MXML compiler autogenerates
> >
> >
> >
> > var c1:Canvas;
> >
> > var b1:Button;
> >
> >
> >
> > as instance vars of a MyApp class which extends Application. The
methods
> > you write in the <mx:Script> become methods of this MyApp class,
so they can
> > acess these instance vars.
> >
> >
> >
> > To access components inside components, you simply use the dot
operator.
> >
> >
> >
> > - Gordon
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
> > Behalf Of *Marlon Moyer
> > *Sent:* Sunday, October 15, 2006 7:03 PM
> > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > *Subject:* [flexcoders] Is there a way to find an object if you
know the
> > name
> >
> >
> >
> > What's the equivalent of javascript's getElementById in Flex? I've
> > searched the help files numerous times and can't seem to find it.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > --
> > Marlon
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Marlon
>
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