getDefinitionByName and getDefinition. You will still need to make sure the classes are linked into the SWF, so you have to know the total set of classes you want to use.
________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of phall121 Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 8:50 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Selecting which Child Components to add at runtime Alex's solution to the original challenge of selecting which Child components to add at runtime, worked very well with the adjustments mentioned. However, the function to instantiate & add the Child component requires a class parameter dynamically specified at runtime. The mx.ComboBox approach described works...by surrounding the package/name of the component with curly braces, Flex manages to pass the actual component(reference) to the function. --So, the string of "{components.Comp1}" is passed as an actual class reference. But, to make the Dynamic UI "table-driven"...to specify which Child components to add using an array...I must find a way in ActionScript to convert the strings into the actual component reference. (Can't use the curly brace approach, since curly braces work in Flex, not Actionscript.) How, in AS, can you convert a string ("components.Comp1") into the actual reference to the component? This is very basic. I'm embarrassed to not know the answer. I've combed the docs and the FlexCoder archives. I tried explicit coercion or casting: private function fAddApps():void { var clComp:Class = Class(acCompList.getItemAt(2).compname); fAddCustomView(clComp); } private function fAddCustomView(compClass:Class):void This didn't work Does anyone have a suggestion?
