Xml can't be bound??

Question

Greetings,
Again, a small problem:
I would like to, when clicked on the btnAddItem.jpg-image,
(<mx:Image id="btnAddItem" source="assets/btnAddItem.jpg"
click="addItem(repConsumables.currentItem,event.currentTarget)"
/>
) a trace is triggered with the corresponding xmlstructure
bound to that image.
I can't seem to get this working.
Also, when running in debugmode, I get the warnings below
CODE
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:VBox xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
color="#400000" creationComplete="
printerData.send()" xmlns:c="comp.*">
<mx:Metadata>
[Event(name="itemSelected", type="events.itemEvent")]
</mx:Metadata>
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
import mx.collections.XMLListCollection;
import events.itemEvent;
[Bindable]
private var printerXML:XMLList;
[Bindable]
private var printerDP:XMLListCollection;
private function printerDataHandler(event:ResultEvent):void
printerXML = event.result..confItem;
printerDP = new XMLListCollection (printerXML);
[Bindable]
public var selectedItem:Object;
private function addItem(itemObj:Object,event:Object):void{
event.source = "assets/btnRemoveItem.jpg";
selectedItem = new Object();
selectedItem = itemObj;
var eventObj:itemEvent = new
itemEvent(selectedItem,"itemSelected");
trace(selectedItem);
/*dispatchEvent(eventObj);*/
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:HTTPService id="printerData"
url="data/data.xml"
showBusyCursor="true"
result="printerDataHandler(event)" resultFormat="e4x"/>
<mx:Spacer height="43" />
<mx:HBox width="100%">
<mx:Image source="assets/btnDisk.jpg"/>
<mx:Image source="assets/btnPrint.jpg"/>
<mx:Image source="assets/btnSend.jpg"/>
</mx:HBox>
<mx:Accordion id="accOptions" width="100%" height="100%"
headerHeight="32" backgroundAlpha="0"
fontSize="11" color="#0066CB" resizeToContent="true">
<mx:Repeater id="repAccOptions"
dataProvider="{printerDP}" startingIndex="0" >
<mx:Canvas xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
label="
{repAccOptions.currentItem.label}" width="100%" height="100%"
verticalScrollPolicy="off">
<mx:VBox>
<mx:Text width="198"
htmlText="{repAccOptions.currentItem.text}" />
<mx:Repeater id="repConsumables" dataProvider="
{repAccOptions.currentItem.consumables.consumable}">
<mx:HBox width="100%">
<mx:Image id="btnAddItem" source="assets/btnAddItem.jpg"
click="
addItem(repConsumables.currentItem,event.currentTarget)"
/>
<mx:Text width="100%" htmlText="
{repConsumables.currentItem.consumableLabel}" />
<mx:Image source="assets/btnInfoItem.jpg" >
<mx:toolTip>
{repConsumables.currentItem.consumableLabel}&#13;Partnumber:
{repConsumables.currentItem.consumablePartnr}&#13;Price:{repConsumables.currentItem.consum ablePrice}
&#13;&#13;Omschrijving&#13;{repConsumables.currentItem.consumableDescr}
</mx:toolTip>
</mx:Image>
</mx:HBox>
</mx:Repeater>
</mx:VBox>
</mx:Canvas>
</mx:Repeater>
</mx:Accordion>
</mx:VBox>
WARNINGS
Code:
warning: unable to bind to property 'text' on class 'XML'
(class is not an IEventDispatcher)
warning: unable to bind to property 'label' on class 'XML'
(class is not an IEventDispatcher)
warning: unable to bind to property 'consumables' on class
'XML' (class is not an IEventDispatcher)
warning: unable to bind to property 'consumable' on class
'XMLList' (class is not an IEventDispatcher)
warning: unable to bind to property 'text' on class 'XML'
(class is not an IEventDispatcher)
warning: unable to bind to property 'label' on class 'XML'
(class is not an IEventDispatcher)
warning: unable to bind to property 'consumables' on class
'XML' (class is not an IEventDispatcher)
warning: unable to bind to property 'consumable' on class
'XMLList' (class is not an IEventDispatcher

Answer 1

Note, this forum is for Flex Builder questions. Post Flex
language questions in the General Discussion forum. It also has
much more traffic.
First, "currentItem" ONLY exists while the repeater is
rendering, so you cannot use it in an event handler. You will need
to look into getRepeaterItem.
Second, the warnings are because currentItem, returns an
Object, and you can't bind to Object. The warnings are kind of
stupid, since the compiler obviously knows it is XML, but whatever.
This is the fix:
htmlText="{XML(repAccOptions.currentItem).text}"
This "casts" (not really, but..) the Object into XML, which
is bindable.
Tracy