PropertyNotFoundException on a custom component

Hello,
I'm experiencing some issue while using a custom component in a FXML file. I try to instanciate my comp and tu set a text with the command :
<fx:include source="MyComponent.fxml" text="myText" />
I have linked my component to a controller using fx:controller="myPackage.MyComponent" and in this MyComponent.java I wrote a setter :
+public void setText(String text){ ... }+
Yet, during the execution, I always get a PropertyNotFoundException : Property "text" does not exist or is read-only.
I guess I forgot a little something but I don't managed to find what. Could somebody help me with this issue please ?
Léo

The "text" property in this example applies to the root element of the included file, not its controller:
<fx:include source="MyComponent.fxml" text="myText" />So, in order to process this markup, you'll need to make sure that the class represented by the root element defines a setText() method.

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The problems I see with this is that I don't think the drawn rectangle shape can re-draw itself to show the change in height when more or less row of data need to be be displayed.
Another option I have been thinking about is extending the Panel class to create my component, this may be better for handling the height resizing, but I'm not sure it can support the look of this component (the header image and the three rounded corners).
Could anyone give me some advice on what would be the better option for creating this component.
Thanks
Stephen

How Do I Link to Custom Component States From Scrolling Content Buttons?

Hi there, I'm in need of some help as i've got a deadline to meet within the next few weeks and im stuck!
Basically what I've done is i've made a scrolling content lists, containing about 10 products in each one, my plan was to turn each product into a button so that users could click on that product, and take them to a new page containing more detailed information on that product; when they've finished looking at that product they can click a button to return them to the list they were on previously. However I can't just make a brand new state for each product as there is a limit to 20 states, and I will need around 50 of them.
So, from what i've read I will need to create custom components. the only trouble with doing this is that I can't link to the custom component on a different main timeline state (I dont get the option to link to the states of the custom component).
If i put the image of the detailed product into the scroll panel I am able to link to it, however, it's inside the scrolling content and it just scrolls around and stuff which isn't what I want; as it makes it look messy.
- Basically I just need to link from the buttons in the scrolling list, to a more detailed page for that product. Then be able to return to the list using a button.
If anybody has any input on how to achieve this, please help me out. Starting to panic now as this needs to be finished before september :s
Btw i'm happy to share my .fxp file it that helps.
Thanks alot, Hoping for some helpful replies on this topic
- Tom

Hi Tom,
Adding this back here to share my wireframe with the community.
Have put a quick .fxp together based on the 'product' section of your project.
Take a look at how the product lists are linking into the product detail pages within their custom components.
Using this model you should be able to expand out to infinite product detail states. If a particular product area has more than the maximum allowed states, just start a new custom component (part 2 for that product section).
Let me know if you have any questions. Hope this sets you on a path to getting your project complete. It's looking nice.
Tanya

I am not able to create a JMS connection from a custom component in UCM

I am trying to create a custom component which makes a JMS connection and inserts messages in JMS Queue.
THe JMS server is hosted on Weblogic Application Server.
When the code runs I am getting the factory object and the queue object.
But when I try to get a connection it throws an error as pasted below.
WHen I googled the same error It has shown a simliar problem in TOmcat in sun thread
It said two jar files xerces.jar and xml-apis.jar are obsolete.
I replaced with the new version.
still the same problem occurred
Please help
Pasting the code and exception here
Code __________________________________________
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import javax.jms.*;
import javax.naming.*;
import weblogic.jms.client.WLConnectionImpl;
import weblogic.jms.extensions.*;
import javax.rmi.PortableRemoteObject;
public class SimpleProducer {
public static void drive() {
final int NUM_MSGS;
     NUM_MSGS = 93;
Context jndiContext = null;
Hashtable<String, String> ht;
          ht = new Hashtable<String, String>();
          ht.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY,
                    "weblogic.jndi.WLInitialContextFactory");
          ht.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "t3://punitp52975d:7001");
try {
     jndiContext = new InitialContext(ht);
} catch (NamingException e) {
System.out.println("Could not create JNDI API context: " +
e.toString());
System.exit(1);
ConnectionFactory connectionFactory = null;
Destination dest = null;
try {
               Object home = jndiContext.lookup("CNFT"); // where iiopTestDS is jndi name for my DataSource.
connectionFactory =(ConnectionFactory)PortableRemoteObject.narrow(home , ConnectionFactory.class);
     Object home1 = jndiContext.lookup("QUEUE2"); // where iiopTestDS is jndi name for my DataSource.
dest =(Destination)PortableRemoteObject.narrow(home1 , Destination.class);
     /*connectionFactory = (ConnectionFactory) jndiContext.lookup(
"CNFT");
dest = (Destination) jndiContext.lookup("QUEUE2");
System.out.println("connectionFactory,dest "+connectionFactory+dest);*/
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("JNDI API lookup failed: " + e.toString());
e.printStackTrace();
System.exit(1);
//WLConnectionImpl connection = null;
WLConnection connection = null;
WLMessageProducer producer = null;
try {
               System.out.println("Getting Connection "+(WLConnection) connectionFactory.createConnection());
//connection = (WLConnection) connectionFactory.createConnection();
               System.out.println("Connection created");
WLSession session =
(WLSession) connection.createSession(false, Session.CLIENT_ACKNOWLEDGE);
producer = (WLMessageProducer) session.createProducer(dest);
WLMessage message = (WLMessage) session.createTextMessage();
//TextMessage message = session.createTextMessage();
for (int i = 91; i < NUM_MSGS; i++) {
((TextMessage) message).setText("This is message " + (i + 1));
Long l = new Date().getTime();
message.setLongProperty("ReleasedDate",l );
System.out.println("Sending message: " + ((TextMessage) message).getText());
producer.send(message);
producer.send(session.createMessage());
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Exception occurred: " + e.toString());
} catch (Throwable et) {
System.out.println("Exception occurred: " + et.toString());
et.printStackTrace();
finally {
if (connection != null) {
try {
connection.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
                         System.out.println("*************Instantiating Producer***************");
Exception_________________________________________________________________
Exception occurred: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory.getSchema()Ljavax/xml/validation/Schema;
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory.getSchema()Ljavax/xml/validation/Schema;
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl.<init>(SAXParserImpl.java:124)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl.newSAXParserImpl(SAXParserFactoryImpl.java:115)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl.setFeature(SAXParserFactoryImpl.java:143)
at weblogic.xml.jaxp.WebLogicSAXParserFactory.<init>(WebLogicSAXParserFactory.java:62)
at weblogic.rmi.internal.wls.WLSRMIEnvironment.getSAXParser(WLSRMIEnvironment.java:136)
at weblogic.rmi.internal.DescriptorManager.getDescriptorAsMap(DescriptorManager.java:170)
at weblogic.rmi.internal.DescriptorManager.getDescriptorAsMap(DescriptorManager.java:159)
at weblogic.rmi.internal.DescriptorManager.createRuntimeDescriptor(DescriptorManager.java:104)
at weblogic.rmi.internal.DescriptorManager.getBasicRuntimeDescriptor(DescriptorManager.java:85)
at weblogic.rmi.internal.DescriptorManager.getDescriptor(DescriptorManager.java:51)
at weblogic.rmi.internal.DescriptorManager.getDescriptor(DescriptorManager.java:37)
at weblogic.rmi.internal.OIDManager.makeServerReference(OIDManager.java:194)
at weblogic.rmi.internal.OIDManager.getReplacement(OIDManager.java:175)
at weblogic.rmi.utils.io.RemoteObjectReplacer.replaceRemote(RemoteObjectReplacer.java:120)
at weblogic.rmi.utils.io.RemoteObjectReplacer.replaceObject(RemoteObjectReplacer.java:103)
at weblogic.rmi.extensions.server.ServerHelper.exportObject(ServerHelper.java:223)
at weblogic.rmi.internal.OIDManager.initializeDGCServer(OIDManager.java:231)
at weblogic.rmi.internal.OIDManager.getReplacement(OIDManager.java:144)
at weblogic.rmi.utils.io.RemoteObjectReplacer.replaceRemote(RemoteObjectReplacer.java:120)
at weblogic.rmi.utils.io.RemoteObjectReplacer.replaceObject(RemoteObjectReplacer.java:103)
at weblogic.rmi.extensions.server.ServerHelper.exportObject(ServerHelper.java:223)
at weblogic.corba.server.naming.ReferenceHelperImpl.exportObject(ReferenceHelperImpl.java:233)
at weblogic.rmi.extensions.PortableRemoteObject.exportObject(PortableRemoteObject.java:34)
at weblogic.messaging.dispatcher.DispatcherImpl.export(DispatcherImpl.java:85)

This is probably related to this other issue http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b7fbab/0.
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