FWIW, in a model-view architecture, I think the views should be listening for events from the model, which means that the WS or its data should be listened to by the RTEs. Then you don't have to find our RTE's from the inside the WS/data layer. -Alex
________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nate Pearson Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:12 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] SOLVED: Changing a string to reference an ID of an Object ahh ha! the parent containers for those RTEs are not dynamic, so I pass a reference to those containers(which have named IDs). I can then follow tracy and your code like this: RichTextEditor(this[event.result[0]].getChildAt(1)).htmlText = event.result[1] where event.result[0] is the RTEs parent. Thanks for your help guys. This will still irk me though, seems like that should be some other way... thanks again! --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Doug Lowder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can still create the instances dynamically, but you'll need a non- > local variable to store the *references* to the instances so you can > get at them later on in your WS handler. Maybe an Array would work? > You could push the dynamically-created RTE instance onto the Array > and then pass an array index integer in addition to a string > equivalent to the name of the array variable. You could then access > the RTE instance in your handler as: > > var theArray: Array = this[_resultID]; > var myDynamicRTE: RichTextEditor = RichTextEditor(theArray > [_resultIndex]); > > Hopefully this is all making sense to you. There are probably other > (better?) approaches as well; possibly a custom event for you service. > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Nate Pearson" <napearson99@> > wrote: > > > > These RTEs are dynamic. Some times they are removed and sometimes > > they are added. There will at least be 9 on different tabs. these > > will be added and removed based on user interaction. If I declare > my > > variable out side of that function it will link the .html text > > property to all of my RTEs. > > > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Doug Lowder" <douglowder@> > wrote: > > > > > > Oh, and you'll need to declare the myRTE variable outside of the > > > onLoad() function instead of within it. > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Doug Lowder" <douglowder@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Setting the id property of an object created in script serves > no > > > > purpose. It's like knocking on your own front door to see > whether > > > > you're home or not. Or something. Anyway, you can ditch > > > > the 'myRTE.id = "item1" ' line. The rest of the changes would > be > > > > similar to: > > > > > > > > private var _resultID:String = "myRTE"; > > > > ... > > > > this[_resultID].htmltext = _resultText > > > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Nate Pearson" > <napearson99@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > if i do that i get: ReferenceError: Error #1069: Property > item1 > > > not > > > > > found on Systems and there is no default value. > > > > > > > > > > I made a sample app that demonstrates the problem. THanks so > > > much > > > > for > > > > > your guys' replies. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > > > > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> " > > > > > creationComplete="onLoad()" layout="absolute"> > > > > > <mx:Script> > > > > > <![CDATA[ > > > > > import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent; > > > > > import mx.controls.*; > > > > > //fake webservice result data > > > > > private var _resultID:String = "item1" > > > > > private var _resultText:String = "Text I want" > > > > > > > > > > private function onLoad():void{ > > > > > var myRTE:RichTextEditor = new > RichTextEditor; > > > > > myRTE.percentWidth=100 > > > > > myRTE.id = "item1" > > > > > myRTE.percentHeight=100 > > > > > myRTE.styleName = "rte" > > > > > addChild(myRTE); > > > > > > > > > > //call .NET webservice. We > can fake > > > > the handler. > > > > > wsHandler() > > > > > } > > > > > private function wsHandler():void{ > > > > > //Here i want to get the result text > into the > > > > RTE i made above. > > > > > //Rules: the item1 text is dynamic, > so you > > > > cant just do > > > > > item1.htmltext = _resultText > > > > > // In the real app the RTEs > are nested > > > > pretty deep, so > > > > > getChildByName doesnt work unless > > > > > //you can reference the parent > container. > > > > > > > > > // > > > > > //var myID:String = String(_resultID); > > > > > //var rte:RichTextEditor = this[myID]; > > > > > //rte.htmlText = "TEST"; > > > > > } > > > > > ]]> > > > > > </mx:Script> > > > > > </mx:Application> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Tracy Spratt" <tspratt@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Jumping in: > > > > > >c > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tracy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ] On > > > > > > Behalf Of Nate Pearson > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 4:37 PM > > > > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Changing a string to reference an > ID > > > of > > > > an > > > > > > Object > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, but if "item1" gets passed back as a string in my > result > > > > event I > > > > > > don't know how to reference it. > > > > > > I.E. > > > > > > > > > > > > var myID:String = String(event.result[0]) > > > > > > > > > > > > Now how do I reference the RTE with that ID? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:flexcoders% > > > > 40yahoogroups.com> > > > > > > , "Doug Lowder" <douglowder@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Nate, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The id property of mxml components just tells the > compiler > > > what > > > > to > > > > > > name > > > > > > > the instance variable when it generates the actionscript > > > code. > > > > So, > > > > > > > your mxml object with id "item1" can be referenced in > script > > > as > > > > simply > > > > > > > > > > > > > item1: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > item1.htmlText = "TEST"; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Search the archives for more info; there are some really > good > > > > posts on > > > > > > > > > > > > > this topic direct from the Adobe folks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > > > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Nate Pearson" > > > > <napearson99@> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am calling a webservice to get text for an item > > > > (RichTextEditor) > > > > > > that > > > > > > > > I am adding dynamically. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If i set the ID of the rte to "item1" how do I > reference > > > that > > > > in my > > > > > > > > webservice handler? I have the string pass through so > that > > > the > > > > > > > > handler knows that the ID should be item1. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've tried: > > > > > > > > RichTextEditor("item1").htmlText = "TEST" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > RichTextEditor(this.getChildByName("item1")).htmlText > > > = "TEST" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > but neither work. Any help is greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
