Just to spit ball an idea.  Maybe build up an Array/Vector with the refs to
the items you built out? If you want to reference them by name directly
than maybe build out an object with properties that match the generated ids.

Example of array with items that you built

var arrItems:Array = [];
var siFormAttrbt:lpSiComp // Custom Component

for (var i:int = 0; i < numElementsToCreate; i++){
    //form item creation code

    siFormAttrbt = new lpSiComp();
    arrItems.push(siFormAttrbt);

    //code to add siFormAttrbt to form item
}

reference by:

var referenceIndex:int = 5  //to grab the 5th item in the form
var refAttr:lpSiComp = arrItems[referenceIndex] as lpSiComp;
var textInputData:String = refAttr.txtInput.text;

Here's the example with using IDs and an object

var objItems:Object = {};
var siFormAttrbt:lpSiComp // Custom Component

for (var i:int = 0; i < numElementsToCreate; i++){
    //form item creation code

    siFormAttrbt = new lpSiComp();
    siFormAttrbt.id = "formItem" + i;
    objItems[siFormAttrbt.id] = siFormAttrbt.id;

    //code to add siFormAttrbt to form item
}

reference by:

var referenceIndex:int = 5  //to grab the 5th item in the form
var refAttr:lpSiComp = objItems["formItem" + referenceIndex] as lpSiComp;
var textInputData:String = refAttr.txtInput.text;

I think the array option may be more straight forward when you look back at
the code later on.  Hope that helps,

Chris




On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Irnbru <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> //*******************************************************************/
>                                 //* We must traverse the Dynamic Form
> object. This code is not good */
>                                 //* but it works, untill I can find
> something better                */
>
> //*******************************************************************/
>                                 //* Start at the Form Level and open a
> loop to all its elements */
>
> //***************************************************************/
>                                 for (var i1:int = 0 ;i1 <=
> siForm.numElements-1;i1++)
>                                 {
>                                         //*******************/
>                                         //* Inside The form */
>                                         //*******************/
>                                         var item:IVisualElementContainer =
> siForm.getElementAt(i1) as
> IVisualElementContainer;
>
>
> //***************************************************/
>                                         //* Each Form has a Form Item
>                   */
>
> //***************************************************/
>                                         for (var i2:int = 0;
> i2<=item.numElements-1;i2++)
>                                         {
>                                                 //************************/
>                                                 //* Inside The form item */
>                                                 //************************/
>
> trace(item.getElementAt(i2));
>
>
> //*****************************************/
>                                                 //* The Form Item has a
> Custom Component  */
>
> //*****************************************/
>                                                 var
> comp:IVisualElementContainer = item.getElementAt(i2) as
> IVisualElementContainer;
>
>                                                 for (var i3:int = 0;
> i3<=comp.numElements-1;i3++)
>                                                 {
>
> //************************/
>                                                         //* Inside the
> Component */
>
> //************************/
>
> trace(comp.getElementAt(i3));
>
>
> //****************************************/
>                                                         //* The Component
> has a Vgroup Container */
>
> //****************************************/
>                                                         var
> vgrp1:IVisualElementContainer = comp.getElementAt(i3) as
> IVisualElementContainer;
>
>                                                         for (var i4:int =
> 0; i4<=vgrp1.numElements-1;i4++)
>                                                         {
>
> //*********************/
>                                                                 //* Inside
> the Vgroup */
>
> //*********************/
>
> trace(vgrp1.getElementAt(i4));
>
>
> //**************************************/
>                                                                 //* The
> Vgroup has an Hgroup container */
>
> //**************************************/
>                                                                 var
> hgrp1:IVisualElementContainer = vgrp1.getElementAt(i4) as
> IVisualElementContainer;
>
>                                                                 for (var
> i5:int = 0; i5<=hgrp1.numElements-1;i5++)
>                                                                 {
>
> //*************************************/
>
> //* Inside the final container Hgroup */
>
> //*************************************/
>
> trace(hgrp1.getElementAt(i5));
>
>
> //************************************************/
>
> //* I can finall get to the form inputs YEAH :-) */
>
> //************************************************/
>
> var input:UIComponent = hgrp1.getElementAt(i5) as UIComponent;
>
> trace(input.id);
>                                                                 }// END
> for (var i5:int = 0; i5<=hgrp1.numElements-1;i5++)
>                                                         }// END for (var
> i4:int = 0; i4<=vgrp1.numElements-1;i4++)
>                                                 }// END for (var i3:int =
> 0; i3<=comp.numElements-1;i3++)
>                                         }// END for (var i2:int = 0;
> i2<=item.numElements-1;i2++)
>                                 }// END for (var i1:int = 0 ;i1 <=
> siForm.numElements-1;i1++)
>
>
>
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