Hi John.
There are numerous amounts of ways to accomplish the scope you need.
After initial thought the way I would do it is pass your testInput to
your external class as a constructer parameter. In your constructor
equate this parameter to a local variable of that class.
ex.
Class MyCode {
private var localVar:TextInput;
public function MyCode(ptrInput:TextInput){
localVar = ptrInput;
}
public var testScope(){
localVar.text = "This is my text input component";
}
}
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In MXML:
<mx:Script>
import path.to.MyCode;
public var myclass:MyCode;
public function initApp(){
myclass = new MyCode(testInput);
myclass.testScope();
}
</mx:Script>
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Correct me if I am wrong but that should do it.
Hope that helps.
Nick
nickgs.com
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"mts_link" <john.cornett@...> wrote:
>
> Ok, I'm making the move from Flash/PHP to Flex 2, but have run into
> a "n00b" question and I have been unable to find an answer.
>
> When I use actionscript via the mx:Script tag IN the mxml file, I can
> access the components without much problem.
>
> Example:
> public function getTestInput()
> {
> trace("Value of Text Input: " + testInput.text);
> }
>
> In the MXML page I have a text input with an id of testInput. The
> moment I move this same code into an external actionscript class, I
> can no longer access this variable.
>
> I know, it certainly has to do with scope, but how do I directly
> access the mxml components from within my external actionscript
> class? I have seen mention of parentDocument and parentApplication,
> but I cannot seem to get this to work for me.
>
> Can anyone shed some light on this and perhaps provide an example, or
> a link to an example?
>
> Thanks!
>
> John Cornett
>
