Window Component & TextArea Inside

[BadDude]

Hi.

I have a really stupid problem.
I've got a dynamically created Window component, with a TextArea inside (in an mc called 'message_mc', and set the contentPath to message_mc).
Lets call the TextArea message_txt.

I'm unable to give the text of it after it is created.
I tried, that I can reach it from the attached movies timeline, so if I put this code to the first frame of message_mc, it is working:

message_txt.text = "set by inline script"

If I put a regular textField next to it, and call it 'tmp_txt', I can set it's text from the Window comps 'complete' event,like

var windowListener = new Object()
    windowListener.complete = function(evtObj) {
        evtObj.target.content.message_txt.text = "This is my content"
        evtObj.target.content.tmp_txt.text = "this is tmp"
    }
    
    windowListener.click = function(evtObj) {
        evtObj.target.deletePopUp()
    }
    
    myWindow.addEventListener("complete", windowListener)

But I can't do it with the TextArea. You can see, I try to set both the TextArea and the textfield's text in the same script, they are on the same frame, and the field get the text, the area doesn't.

AnyHelp?

[N[E]rD0511]

Try creating the text area in AS then access it. I had a similar problem when writing custom scripts. I don't know why this is the case but I it seems to be.

[petefs]

I'm not sure if this would work, but it's worth a try. It shouldn't, as the redraw on the next frame probably won't fix it.

evtObj.target.content.message_txt.text = "This is my content"
evtObj.target.content.message_txt.invalidate();

Also: what do you get from trace(evtObj.target.content.message_txt); ? or trace(evtObj.target.content.message_txt); after you set the text?

If that fails, using doLater() should work. components seem to have a one frame sort of 'summoning sickness' before they can be addresses properly.