[euclid]

Hi,
Back with yet another simple problem :? I'm trying to create a window and attach a pre-prepared movieclip into it's content path as follows

Actionscript:

var bookCanvas:MovieClip;
createEmptyMovieClip("bookCanvas", getNextHighestDepth());
bookCanvas.attachMovie("myLabel", "testLabel", getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:0, _y:50});
bookCanvas.testLabel.value.htmlText = "this is a test label";

var bookWindow = PopUpManager.createPopUp(this, Window, true, {_x:100, _y:100, title:"Request Summary", closeButton:true});
bookWindow.setSize(500,200);
bookWindow.contentPath = bookCanvas;

I know that is a pretty simple test, but for some reason its confounding me (as usual...hehe).
Thanks for any enlightement any of you can provide
Euclid

[euclid]

ok...ahem.... I stoopid...
The reason my movieclip wasn't attaching was a lack of speechmarks on the contenPath part... e.g.

Actionscript:

bookWindow.contentPath = "bookCanvas";
// NOT bookWindow.contentPath = bookCanvas;

I'm now having a problem attaching things to the bookCanvas though for example a bit of dynamic text or something... I know I should be able to access it with bookWindow.content......
but should I just be able to go ??

Actionscript:

bookWindow.content.attachMovie(yadayadayada);

If so it's still causing me probs
Cheers
Euclid

[euclid]

right.. got my stuff sorted ..... I'm basically trying to give the window component too much to do too soon... i.e. I'm trying to set the values of textfields etc before the window component and its contents have finished initialising. Its therefore necessary to listen for a 'complete' event from the window before playing around with it's contents.
e.g.

Actionscript:

var windowListener:Object = new Object()
windowListener.complete = function() {
	bookWindow.content.row1.htmlText = "I'll be well happy if this works :) ";
}

var bookWindow = PopUpManager.createPopUp(_root, Window, true, {_x:100, _y:100, title:"Request Summary", closeButton:true});
bookWindow.setSize(500,200);
bookWindow.contentPath = "bookCanvas";
bookWindow.addEventListener("complete", windowListener);

and tadaa it work
sorry for putting posts on the board and answering myself within a couple of hours (again :?) but hopefully someone else might find this useful
Cheers
Euclid