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Using a compound String to get a reference to Flex 3 object

Published in: ActionScript 3 

URL: http://livedocs.adobe.com/labs/flex3/html/help.html?content=usingas_3.html

Using a string built at runtime to reference objects in Flex. From the help docs.


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  1. <?xml version="1.0"?>
  2. <!-- usingas/FlexComponents.mxml -->
  3. <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">
  4.   <mx:Script><![CDATA[
  5.   public function changeLabel(s:String):void {
  6.      s = "myButton" + s;
  7.      this[s].setStyle("fontStyle","italic");
  8.      this[s].setStyle("fontSize","18");
  9.   }
  10.   ]]></mx:Script>
  11.  
  12.   <mx:Button id="myButton1" click="changeLabel('2')" label="Change Other
  13.      Button's Styles"/>
  14.   <mx:Button id="myButton2" click="changeLabel('1')" label="Change Other
  15.      Button's Styles"/>
  16. </mx:Application>

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