Repeated Checkbox Will Not Bind

[chad]

I have a Repeater that creates a dynamic number of CheckBoxs. This Repeater is also within a Repeater. I have the selected value of the CheckBox bound to a (bindable) boolean variable. When I change the value of the variable, the selected value of the CheckBox does not change. If I bind something else to that boolean OUTSIDE of the Repeater (try uncommenting the checkbox below the button to see what i mean), then the CheckBox's selected property will change...but ONLY if I bind to the boolean outside of the Repeater as well. Also, if the CheckBoxs were only within 1 repeater (not a nested repeater) then it will function as you expect, but its the nested repeater that seems to be the source of the problem. What could cause this behavior and what could be done to solve the problem?

Thanks

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application
    xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
    layout="vertical" 
    width="900" height="700">
    
   <mx:Script>
       <![CDATA[
			[Bindable]private var bool:Boolean=false;
       ]]>
   </mx:Script>
   
	<mx:Button label="bool" click="bool=!bool;"/>
	<!--<mx:CheckBox label="uncommenting this also fixes it" selected="{bool}"/> -->
	
	<mx:Repeater dataProvider="{[1]}">
		<mx:Repeater dataProvider="{[1,2,3]}" >
			<mx:CheckBox label="test" selected="{bool}"/>
		</mx:Repeater>
	</mx:Repeater>
</mx:Application>

[dr_zeus]

I haven't tested it, so I may be wrong, but try this:

<mx:Repeater dataProvider="{[1,2,3]}" >
	<mx:CheckBox label="test" selected="{outerDocument.bool}"/>
</mx:Repeater>

[chad]

This did not work. It says that outerDocument is an undefined property. This is not a problem with accessing the bool, it does have access to it. The problem is that the nested repeater checkbox is not receiving property change events. Any other ideas?

[dr_zeus]

Sorry, I guess I read your post too quickly. I thought you couldn't bind to bool at all.

After trying out many different ideas, I get the feeling that you've found a bug in the framework. Perhaps the bindings don't get set up properly because the Repeaters take too long to create the CheckBoxes? It's very strange.

[chad]

I think that you're right in that it is a flex bug. I checked the bug reports and found a bug report that describes exactly my problem. Thanks for your help.