Targetting a button in a component

Question

I'm familiar with outerDocument as a way to get out of the
scope of a Component, but how do I target a button that is embedded
in a Component. For example, in the following function how do I
change the label of the button?
public function onButtonClick(event:Event, data):void{
//simon.label="Selected"
}

Answer 1

"SiHoop" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
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> I'm excited because I've finally figured out how to
create a component
> that
> will give me a minimal level of interactivity (I can
finally change the
> style
> of a button when it is selected), but now I suspect that
I've painted
> myself
> into a corner by using parentDocument. I also have a
reset button that
> sets
> several items to their original state, but when I select
reset I must also
> set
> the buttons in the datagrid back their original style.
I'm not sure that I
> can
> program the buttons as they appear to be 'unreachable'
from outside the
> component. I read the document that Amy recommended on
'good programming
> techniques', and some of it works for me now, but other
concepts are too
> advanced for me at the moment. Is there any way to reset
all of the
> buttons in
> the datagrid back to their original style?
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <mx:Canvas xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
>
> <mx:Script>
> <![CDATA[
> private var someVar:Boolean=true
> public function changeButtonStyle():void{
> parentDocument.hideMapMarker()
> if(someVar){
> button1.styleName='linkButton1'
> }else{
> button1.styleName='linkButton'
> }
> someVar= !someVar
> }
> ]]>
> </mx:Script>
> <mx:Button id="button1" click= "changeButtonStyle() "
width="65"
> styleName="linkButton" />
> </mx:Canvas>
I'm on the way out the door so I can't get too much into
detail, but I'd
associate the button styles with _listData as is done here:
http://blog.flexmonkeypatches.com/2007/09/10/flex-tilelist-with-togglebuttons/
Or, if you're using a TileList or DataGrid (and you can also
make a TileList
work like List or HorizontalList), you can use the extended
TileList and
DataGrid from my blog (http:flexdiary.blogspot.com).
HTH;
Amy