Question

I have a component which is created dynamically. I want to access the properties on it.

for example i create a vbox and i want to access the text font or gap of the component

var MyVBox: VBox = new VBox; MyPanel.addChild(MyVBox);

How should it be done?

Answer 1

All properties and methods are accessed with ‘.’ (dot) notation.

Example:

myVBox.width = 400; 

Styles are set using the setStyle() method. In your case that would be

myVBox.setStyle('fontFamily', 'arial'); myVBox.setStyle('verticalGap', 20); 

Check the docs at http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/ for the available properties and styles of each component.