Dynamic AS State Creation with SetProperty not working...

Question

I am trying to create a website that dynamically creates multiple states for content, download links, and contact info.  The reason I am using AS3 to create these states is because, in addition to reformatting/moving the UI/navigation elements, the states will also have content dynamically loaded at run-time from XML files (therefore cannot be hard-coded with MXML tags)
Before I focus on reading the XML files for adding children in each state, I want to get the basic UI buttons and elements to move into desired positions in the Canvas using SetProperty for x and y on three buttons (Services, Downloads, and Contact)
On initialization of the Application, I call the following:
import mx.states.*; import mx.controls.Button; // Define variables private var newState:State; private var setXPropServices:SetProperty; private var setYPropServices:SetProperty; private var setXPropDownloads:SetProperty; private var setYPropDownloads:SetProperty; private var setXPropContact:SetProperty; private var setYPropContact:SetProperty; private function createStates():void {                  // Create and add the view states to the states Array.                 states = new Array();                 states.push(serviceState());                 states.push(downloadState());                 states.push(contactState());                                 //Create Transitions for each state; this must be dynamically created to reflect all AddChild elements to fade-in                 // createTransitions();             } private function downloadState():State {                //Configure the bServices properties                 setXPropServices = new SetProperty();                 setXPropServices.name ="x";                 setXPropServices.value = bServices.width/4;                 setXPropServices.target = bServices;                 setYPropServices = new SetProperty();                 setYPropServices.name ="y";                 setYPropServices.value = cMain.height/4;                 setYPropServices.target = bServices;                                 //Configure the bDownloads properties                 setXPropDownloads = new SetProperty();                 setXPropDownloads.name ="x";                 setXPropDownloads.value = bDownloads.width/4;                 setXPropDownloads.target = bDownloads;                 setYPropDownloads = new SetProperty();                 setYPropDownloads.name ="y";                 setYPropDownloads.value = bDownloads.height/4;                 setYPropDownloads.target = bDownloads;                                 //Configure the bContact properties                 setXPropContact = new SetProperty();                 setXPropContact.name ="x";                 setXPropContact.value = bContact.width/4;                 setXPropContact.target = bContact;                 setYPropContact = new SetProperty();                 setYPropContact.name ="y";                 setYPropContact.value = cMain.height/2;                 setYPropContact.target = bContact;                 // Finally, push all the overrides and return the State to the caller                 newState = new State();                 newState.name = "downloads";                 newState.overrides.push(setXPropServices);                  newState.overrides.push(setYPropServices);                  newState.overrides.push(setXPropDownloads);                  newState.overrides.push(setYPropDownloads);                  newState.overrides.push(setXPropContact);                  newState.overrides.push(setYPropContact); } 
This is just one of the example functions.  You may notice I am doing a bit if "dynamic" layout based on determining size of Main and various components.
It compiles and runs okay, and I don't get an error when I click the the Downloads button (set to change state to "downloads" on click), so it is recognizing the states that were created... BUT all elements seem to go straight to 0 x and 0 y. (top left corner) instead of setting any of my specified values.
I tried changing the values to strings using the String() method, which does nothing.  I even tried setting specific constant numbers as values for X and Y, and it has no effect...
Any thoughts why it is, in fact, changing X and Y but is automatically moving them to 0, 0?

Answer 1

sorry, having trouble with this interface for inserting code...
import mx.states.*;
import mx.controls.Button;
// Define variables
private var newState:State;
private var setXPropServices:SetProperty;
private var setYPropServices:SetProperty;
private var setXPropDownloads:SetProperty;
private var setYPropDownloads:SetProperty;
private var setXPropContact:SetProperty;
private var setYPropContact:SetProperty;
private function createStates():void {
// Create and add the view states to the states Array.
states = new Array();
states.push(serviceState());
states.push(downloadState());               
states.push(contactState());
private function downloadState():State {
     //Configure the bServices properties
     setXPropServices = new SetProperty();
     setXPropServices.name ="x";               
     setXPropServices.value = bServices.width/4;               
     setXPropServices.target = bServices;
     setYPropServices = new SetProperty();
     setYPropServices.name ="y";
     setYPropServices.value = cMain.height/4;
     setYPropServices.target = bServices;               
     //Configure the bDownloads properties               
     setXPropDownloads = new SetProperty();               
     setXPropDownloads.name ="x";
     setXPropDownloads.value = bDownloads.width/4;
     setXPropDownloads.target = bDownloads;
     setYPropDownloads = new SetProperty();
     setYPropDownloads.name ="y";               
     setYPropDownloads.value = bDownloads.height/4;               
     setYPropDownloads.target = bDownloads;                               
     //Configure the bContact properties
     setXPropContact = new SetProperty();
     setXPropContact.name ="x";
     setXPropContact.value = bContact.width/4;
     setXPropContact.target = bContact;               
     setYPropContact = new SetProperty();               
     setYPropContact.name ="y";
     setYPropContact.value = cMain.height/2;
     setYPropContact.target = bContact;
     // Finally, push all the overrides and return the State to the caller
     newState = new State();               
     newState.name = "downloads";               
     newState.overrides.push(setXPropServices);           
     newState.overrides.push(setYPropServices);           
     newState.overrides.push(setXPropDownloads);           
     newState.overrides.push(setYPropDownloads);           
     newState.overrides.push(setXPropContact);           
     newState.overrides.push(setYPropContact);
Hopefully this works better