Try processedDescriptors=true on the children of the viewstack
________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ltkavanagh Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 2:13 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] How to check if components have been created yet when creation policy is auto Hi, I am trying to checking if children of a viewstack have been created when the viewstack's creation policy is set to auto (as per default). I am getting a null pointer reference when trying to access a value on a component nested in a viewstasck. I would assume i need to check if the children have been made first and if not call myViewStack.createComponentsFromDescriptors(true); Does anyone know the way to check this? Many Thanks Luke