It is better to dispatch events from your nested component and handle them in your parent component.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "ryanharlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for the help. Your solution worked in practice but I do still > get an error prior to compiling. If I ignore the error and compile, > though, it works. > > But similarly, I want to be able to call functions that are in these > different mxml files. So if I have an mxml file called > navigation.mxml embedded in the master app file called master.mxml, > how can I call master.mxml functions from navigation.mxml? > > Back from the flash days, I thought this would work: > > root.myFunction(); > > but it doesn't. I'm sure this problem is related to my earlier post, > that's why I have it in the same thread. > > thanks, > > ryan > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "ryanharlin" <ryanharlin@> wrote: > > > > I have a simple enough question, I think. But I've been struggling > > with it for two days. > > > > I have an mxml application which has a viewstack in it. The children > > in the viewstack are <fr: tags for other mxml files > > > > It looks like this: > > > > <mx:ViewStack id="mainScreens"> > > <fr:interfacePanel id="interfacePanel" /> > > <fr:otherPanel id="otherPanel" /> > > </mx:ViewStack> > > > > In the mxml file called interfacePanel I have another viewstack with > > interface screens on them. > > > > How can I select different children of that viewstack from the main > > mxml app. > > > > I would think I'd do something like this: > > > > <mx:button > > click="mainScreens.interfacePanel.secondViewstack.selectedChild = > > Page2;" /> > > > > But that doesn't work. > > > > Does anyone know the method of addressing object across multiple > > nested mxml files? > > > > Thanks! Hopefully someone can show me what I'm missing. > > >
