turns out i was being a bit stupid.
if the function is:
function something(compInst) {}
and i call something(this) then within the function:
compInst.text = "something";
works...
On 5/12/05, grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> thanks bill, but it's the conditional if () that i'm trying to avoid.
> i'm thinking of the way it's implemented in browser DOM models with
> document.getElementById(elementID).
>
> surely there's a way?
>
> On 5/12/05, Bill Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Using components you can use getFocus to get a reference to the currently
> > active component. I use this in conjunction with an event listener to
> > respond to component events. Not sure that this is the best way. I'd be
> > interested to hear what others are doing.
> >
> > //example
> >
> > var new_object = createClassObject(mx.controls.TextInput,id,next_depth,o);
> > new_object.addEventListener("change", change_action);
> >
> > function change_action(evt:Object)
> > {
> > //get focussed item
> > var f:Object = evt.target.getFocus();
> > if(f.className == "TextInput")
> > {
> > f.text = "something"
> > }
> >
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> >
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