X / Y positioning with actionscript not working

Question

Hi all,
I've got a panel with id="myPanel".
I'm trying to move it on the Application canvas to x/y using
actionscript function:
public function movePanel():void
myPanel.x = 100;
myPanel.y = 100;
and it doesn't budge.
I've tried setting autoLayout = "false" in the panel, in the
panel's parent, etc. Nothing.
Inside mx:Application I've used
applicationComplete="myPanel.x = 100; myPanel.y = 100" and it works
only once, but then I can't move it again using actionscript on an
event.
I've made the application layout absolute, and I've also
tried removing all layout properties to see if that would help, but
it doesn't.
I've tried wrapping it in an mx:Canvas and moving the canvas
by its ID, but nothing.
I must be missing something obvious, because it seems that it
should be simple.
Any pointers are appreciated. Thanks.
RFX

Answer 1

yu.wei.qian.07,
Thank you my friend, for your advice...
I got it working, but the cause is still a mystery.
I tested out a new application just for moving around stuff
and it was working fine, so I went back and tested it again in my
main application, and it worked with a test button that I placed on
the canvas and it worked... so I looked a little deeper, and the
linkbutton that I was first using to call the function had other
functions in the click event, e.g. click = "function1();
function2(some parms, some parms); movePanel();"
The above didn't work... went into pulling hair out mode,
testing all kinds of different configs like I stated in the above
posts, then tried the click="movePanel();" by itself, and it
worked.
Ok... so then I try click = "movePanel(); function1();
functon2 ... etc", and it works.
Soooo, now the behaviour of the click is calling the
movePanel function first, and it's setting the x/y with no problem,
and the other functions are still working as before. No idea why.
No errors reported either.
Anyway, thanks again for the advice.
RFX