You can look up properties and methods by name with o[p] syntax even if o isn't an instance of a dynamic class. And I'm pretty sure that <mx:Application> wasn't a dynamic class in 1.x. Gordon Smith Adobe Flex SDK Team
________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracy Spratt Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:49 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] dynamic function Names As long a "this" is a dynamic object. In 1.x, mx:Application was dynamic, in 2+ it is not. Tracy ________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joshua gatcke Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 4:51 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] dynamic function Names Hi all, after much toil, I have learned that I can have dynamic function names doing something like this: var myFunctionName:String = 'foo'; this[myFunctionName](); This is awesome! Just thought I would share, but you guys probably already knew how to do that ;) - joshua
