Passing a variable from an mxml component to the main mxml file

Hey guys,
I have a popup titlewindowt which is defined as a component in a separate mxml component file.
In the popup window i have an inputbox and a button
When i press the button in that popup window i want the text in the input box to be transfered across to a variable in my main mxml file
How can i do this?
Thanks
Chris

Since you are already tied in to the top level application then I would add a listener at the application level and in the component do a:
FlexGlobals.topLevelApplication.dispatchEvent(....)
However, I can't help but encourage you to decouple this functionality and pass events around rather than what you are currently doing.
There are a few ways you can do this. One is to use an MVC framework to model your application after.
A simpler approach even would be to have the component simploy dispatch events to itself and have whatever is creating the component listen for the events and do higher level functionality.
Good Luck!

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