>What am I doing wrong??? Well, for one thing, you are not including the error you get.
But I think I can be more helpful anyway. Even though Container.addChild() (inherited by Application.addChild(), which you are calling) takes a DisplayObject, it needs a IUIComponent. From the Flex docs ( http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/langref/mx/core/Container.html#addChild() ): Note: While the child argument to the method is specified as of type DisplayObject, the argument must implement the IUIComponent interface to be added as a child of a container. All Flex components implement this interface. TextField is a Flash (and not Flex) component, so it does not implement IUIComponent. You can use a TextInput instead. -- Maciek Sakrejda Truviso, Inc. http://www.truviso.com -----Original Message----- From: timgerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Add ActionScript created items to flex Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:30:37 -0000 I think this is an easy one but I cannot figure it out. I want to dynamically crate a text imput box via ActionScript and I get errors when I do the addChild. Here is my code: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; layout="absolute"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import flash.text.*; import flash.display.DisplayObjectContainer; import flash.display.Sprite; public function WriteMe():void { var field:TextField = new TextField(); field.type = TextFieldType.INPUT; field.border = true; field.background = true; addChild(field); } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Button id="btn" label="press me" click="WriteMe()"/> </mx:Application> I am getting a debug error with the addChild(field); What am I doing wrong??? Thanks for the read and help, timgerr
