Why not just pass a reference to the function?
inside the MiniTextEditor file: public var onSubmit:Function; Than your call inside would be onSubmit.call(); Outside you pass the reference: textPopUp = MiniTextEditor( PopUpManager.createPopUp(this, MiniTextEditor)); textPopUp.onSubmit = myobj.functionToCall; Done and clean. !k _____ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derrick Anderson Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:49 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] how to call a function in a popup parent? hi, i create a popup like this from file A: textPopUp = MiniTextEditor( PopUpManager.createPopUp(this, MiniTextEditor)); in this case 'this' is file B: from my popup I am trying to call a function in file A, and since the parent i pass to the popup is not actually the 'parent' - i can't figure out how to reference a function in the actual parent. any ideas? d.