You have bound your label to null. I think your problem is that the label never realizes the property changes so it doesn't redraw.
As a test try adding titleText.invalidateProperties() at the end of your onCreationComplete ----- Original Message ---- From: polestar11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 8:08:46 AM Subject: [flexcoders] Re: [Bindable] not binding I instantiate the controller in the controller class, in the view's onCreationComplete event: public function QController( ):void { _view.addEventListe ner(FlexEvent. CREATION_ COMPLETE, onCreationComplete) ; } private function onCreationComplete( e: FlexEvent):void { _view.removeEventLi stener(FlexEvent .CREATION_ COMPLETE, onCreationComplete) ; _view.controller = this; } --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, Sean Sell <rough68fish@ ...> wrote: > > It doesn't look like you instantiate the controller, are you doing that somewhere else in your code? > > > public var controller: QController = new QController( ); > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: polestar11 <polestar11@ ...> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 6:20:12 AM > Subject: [flexcoders] [Bindable] not binding > Hi there > > > > I've used the [Bindabe] meta-tag 100's of times, but for some reason > > it seems to have stopped working. > > > > I have a very straight-forward setup with a controller, properties and > > a view. I have a bindable reference to the controller in the view, > > while the controller has a bindable 'title' property. > > > > Setting breakpoints at various steps of the code I can confirm that > > the 'title' property is bound to the label in the view (titleText.text > > = "My Title"), yet it is not displayed. I even tried > > view.validateNow( ); to try & force validation / displaying of the label. > > > > What could I be doing wrong, is there possibly a bug in the new Flash > > Player that isnt updating bound properties correctly? 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