Error 1061: Call to a possibly undefined method...

[philipp37]

Hello everyone. Could you please look over my code below to figure out why I'm getting the following two errors:


1061: Call to a possibly undefined method setSelection through a reference with static type mx.core:ITextInput. line 477 Flex Problem

and

1119: Access of possibly undefined property selectionBeginIndex through a reference with static type mx.core:ITextInput. line 419 Flex Problem

Heres the affected portion of my code called AutoComplete.as:

package myWidgets.ParcelNotificationWidget
{
import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.FocusEvent;
import flash.net.SharedObject;
import flash.ui.Keyboard;
import mx.core.UIComponent;
import mx.controls.ComboBox;
import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
import mx.collections.ListCollectionView;

-----------------------------------

/**
	 *  @private
	 */
	override protected function commitProperties():void
	{
	    super.commitProperties();
		
  	    if(!dropdown)
			selectedIndex=-1;
  			
	    if(dropdown)
		{
		    if(typedTextChanged)
		    {
			    cursorPosition = textInput.selectionBeginIndex;

				updateDataProvider();

			    //In case there are no suggestions there is no need to show the dropdown
  			    if(collection.length==0 || typedText==""|| typedText==null)
  			    {
  			    	dropdownClosed=true;
			    	showDropdown=false;
  			    }
				else
				{
					showDropdown = true;
					selectedIndex = 0;
 		    	}
 		    }
		}
	}
		
	/**
	 *  @private
	 */
	override protected function focusOutHandler(event:FocusEvent):void
	{
		super.focusOutHandler(event)
 		if(keepLocalHistory && dataProvider.length==0)
 			addToLocalHistory();
	}
	/**
	 *  @private
	 */
	override public function getStyle(styleProp:String):*
	{
		if(styleProp != "openDuration")
			return super.getStyle(styleProp);
		else
		{
	     	if(dropdownClosed)
	     		return super.getStyle(styleProp);
     		else
     			return 0;
		}
	}
	/**
	 *  @private
	 */
	override protected function keyDownHandler(event:KeyboardEvent):void
	{
	    super.keyDownHandler(event);

	    if(!event.ctrlKey)
		{
		    //An UP "keydown" event on the top-most item in the drop-down
		    //or an ESCAPE "keydown" event should change the text in text
		    // field to original text
		    if(event.keyCode == Keyboard.UP && prevIndex==0)
			{
	 		    textInput.text = _typedText;
			    textInput.setSelection(textInput.text.length, textInput.text.length);
			    selectedIndex = -1; 
			}
		    else if(event.keyCode==Keyboard.ESCAPE && showingDropdown)
			{
	 		    textInput.text = _typedText;
			    textInput.setSelection(textInput.text.length, textInput.text.length);
			    showingDropdown = false;
			    dropdownClosed=true;
			}
			else if(event.keyCode == Keyboard.ENTER)
			{
 				if(keepLocalHistory && dataProvider.length==0)
					addToLocalHistory();
 			}
			else if(lookAhead && event.keyCode ==  Keyboard.BACKSPACE 
			|| event.keyCode == Keyboard.DELETE)
			    removeHighlight = true;
	 	}
	 	else
		    if(event.ctrlKey && event.keyCode == Keyboard.UP)
		    	dropdownClosed=true;
	 	
 	    prevIndex = selectedIndex;
	}
	
	/**
	 *  @private
	 */
	override protected function measure():void
	{
	    super.measure();
	    measuredWidth = mx.core.UIComponent.DEFAULT_MEASURED_WIDTH;
	}

	/**
	 *  @private
	 */
	override protected function updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number, 
						      unscaledHeight:Number):void
	{
		
	    super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
		
		//An UP "keydown" event on the top-most item in the drop 
		//down list otherwise changes the text in the text field to ""
  	    if(selectedIndex == -1)
	    	textInput.text = typedText;

	    if(dropdown)
		{
		    if(typedTextChanged)
			{
			    //This is needed because a call to super.updateDisplayList() set the text
			    // in the textInput to "" and thus the value 
			    //typed by the user losts
  			    if(lookAhead && showDropdown && typedText!="" && !removeHighlight)
				{
					var label:String = itemToLabel(collection[0]);
					var index:Number =  label.toLowerCase().indexOf(_typedText.toLowerCase());
					if(index==0)
					{
					    textInput.text = _typedText+label.substr(_typedText.length);
					    textInput.setSelection(textInput.text.length,_typedText.length);
					}
					else
					{
					    textInput.text = _typedText;
					    textInput.setSelection(cursorPosition, cursorPosition);
					    removeHighlight = false;
					}
						
				}
			    else
				{
				    textInput.text = _typedText;
				    textInput.setSelection(cursorPosition, cursorPosition);
				    removeHighlight = false;
				}
			    
			    typedTextChanged= false;
			}
		    else if(typedText)
		    	//Sets the selection when user navigates the suggestion list through
		    	//arrows keys.
				textInput.setSelection(_typedText.length,textInput.text.length);
		}
 	    if(showDropdown && !dropdown.visible)
 	    {
 	    	//This is needed to control the open duration of the dropdown
 	    	super.open();
	    	showDropdown = false;
 	    	showingDropdown = true;

 	    	if(dropdownClosed)
	 	    	dropdownClosed=false;
 	    }
	}
	

	/**
	 *  @private
	 */
	override protected function textInput_changeHandler(event:Event):void
	{
	    super.textInput_changeHandler(event);
	    //Stores the text typed by the user in a variable
	    typedText=text;
	}

THANKS A LOT!!!!!!!!

[EightySeven]

I'm going to take a stab in the dark on this one since no one else has responded yet.

Getting a "through a reference with static type" error means what you are trying to access is a Static variable/function. To access these you need to use the class name like

public class Enemy extends Sprite {

    static public function changeCostume(newCostume:Sprite):void
    {
        //someCode
    }
}

//To access this from outside I would use
Enemy.changeCostume(newcostume);

//Not
myEnemy.changeCostume(newCostume);

So try using:

ITextInput.setSelection(int, int);

I've never used ITextInput but this looks like it would be the issue.

[henke37]

Nope, your guess is completly wrong.

Static properties can be accessed from instance references too.

The real error is that the compiler says that the reference type used does not have the property that he tried to use. It could potentionaly be assigned a reference to an object that does have it, but that's not likely and is definitly not guranteed.

[philipp37]

Thanks guys! The fix was actually to import spark.components.ComboBox rather than the mx version of the ComboBox.