Basics of ActionScript and Flex

[theGuru]

I have a ActionScript class... which has a method...

public function checkSession():void {

}

Now i need to call

<mx:Panel id="as" x="225" y="87" width="784" height="510">
</mx:Panel>

I need to call the id of the panel in my method checkSession which is inside a class named Main.

[rdrobinson3]

I am assuming the panel is inside part of your application. What you need to do is create an instance of your application and refference the id of the panel.

IE: myApp.myPanel

You could always pass a reference to the applicaiton or a reference to the panel when calling the function.

Frameworks like PureMVC really make this automatic. It can become really difficult in a complex program to keep up with the various mdules and components that make up your application otherwise.

[Sekhar]

You could always pass a reference to the applicaiton or a reference to the panel when calling the function.

Yeah, I'd go this route, except: pass id rather than reference to full application. By passing the id, you make it easy to unit-test the function. This (dependency injection) is pretty much the norm these days.