It's not a bug. It has to do with variable scoping.
I'll assume you have data like { label: "foo", icon : "myTopIcon" } The icon property is a string, not a class. The menu renderer wants a class. You could set up your data like: { label: "foo", icon: myTopIcon } Then icon is a class, but that's almost impossible to do when data is coming from a server. So, as a convenience, the menu renderer says that if it gets a String value as the icon, it will assume it is the name of a variable in the current document that holds a class. Every MXML file is a document and variables are scoped within. Popups assume the scope of the application document. So the menu renderer is looking for a variable called "myTopIcon" in the application's MXML file and you moved it elsewhere. I think the solution will be to set the Menu's document property after it is put on the displaylist and before it creates renderers (or force it to re-create renderers). I'd start with MENU_SHOW event. ________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of missgiggygirl Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 9:30 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Icons disappear from Menu at Compile Time When I use the same code for making a menu is the main app, it works, when I move it into its own component and call it from the main app, the icons disappear. And no, it is not a "path" problem, the code compiles fine with no warnings. Here are more details: I am using a menu that has labels and icons. The icons are attached using snips like this, in an actionscript fragment: [Bindable] [Embed(source="icon_revised.gif")] public var myTopIcon:Class; As I said, it works fine until I move it into a component, and then it runs but with missing icons. I did a search and did find this issue, but did not see any solution. I am guessing it is a bug, but hope to find a workaround. Thanks, Ann