Believe you need to pass the event object:
<mx:TextInput preinitialize="assignID(event)"/>
But, that's a pretty good idea!
-Scott
On 3/2/07, bhaq1972 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
maybe your trying to do something like this
<mx:TextInput preinitialize="assignID()"/>
private function assignID(event:FlexEvent):void
{
//read your xml file and get id
var sID:String = "assign your id from your xml file here";
//assign this textinput's id
event.currentTarget.id = sID;
}
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> What do you mean? That statement very vague. Can you create
variables
> dynamically... yes. Can you use reflection and introspection into
> classes... yes. Can you create UI components at runtime... yes.
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>
>
> Can flex compete with ajax... absolutely.
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> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Dynamically creating item IDs
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> what do you mean by 'id'
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> On 3/1/07, thetexaspsycho2003 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> , "thetexaspsycho2003"
> <thetexaspsycho2003@> wrote:
> >
> > Is there a way to dynamically create an item's ID? For example
pulling
> > it in from a XML file?
> >
>
> I guess from the lack of replies there is no way of doing this. If
so,
> this is very disappointing. The ability to create IDs on-the-fly
is
> very helpful in other technologies, such as AJAX.
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