I'm jumping late here, but are you not using a List class and custom item renderers?
________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of donvoltz Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 1:57 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Best Method for Dynamic Custom Components Hi Ben, Thank you for your response on this question. I am starting to think I am going about this all wrong. What I am trying to do is dynamically add and remove a group of custom components to my application. I am sending 2 HttpRequests, one returns a list of locations that need to be filled by people on a given date, the second returns a list of people who are assigned to each of these locations on the same date (if any are assigned at all). With the first list, the locations, I want to add a custom component for each location (this is what I am doing when I instantiate my callLabel component. Then after I call the schedule HttpRequest, I need to add a person for each location if there is a person scheduled. If none is scheduled, an input field remains blank and would be filled by adding in a person. The reason I am building an arrayCollection of my custom component is to be able to add the names of the people when my second database call is made. I understand that each component should have a unique id so that it can be referenced and modified at a later time. What is the best way to do this when you are adding a number of components like I am doing? The only way I have to reference these is by a location_id which I have in my database and is unique between tables. I was attempting to build an array of components that uses this location_id as the components unique identifier so that when I received more information, I could update the component properties or call its methods. Things get a tad more complex, when a user chooses another date, I need to destroy these components and add a new set of locations and people for the newly selected day. I am hoping this helps to clear up what I am doing and if you are willing to help with this situation Thanks DOn
