How do I use data from the main window in a sub-window?
- by eagle
I've just started working on a photo viewer type desktop AIR app with Flex. From the main window I can launch sub-windows, but in these sub-windows I can't seem to access the data I collected in the main window.
How can I access this data?
Or, how can I send this data to the sub-window on creation? It doesn't need to be dynamically linked.
myMain.mxml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:WindowedApplication xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
width="260" height="200"
title="myMain">
<fx:Declarations>
</fx:Declarations>
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
public function openWin():void {
new myWindow().open();
}
public var myData:Array = new Array('The Eiffel Tower','Paris','John Doe');
]]>
</fx:Script>
<s:Button x="10" y="10" width="240" label="open a sub-window" click="openWin();"/>
</s:WindowedApplication>
myWindow.mxml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Window name="myWindow"
title="myWindow"
xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="absolute"
width="640" height="360">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:Label id="comment" x="10" y="10" text=""/>
<mx:Label id="location" x="10" y="30" text=""/>
<mx:Label id="author" x="10" y="50" text=""/>
</mx:Window>
I realize this might be a very easy question but I have searched the web, read and watched tutorials on random AIR subjects for a few days and couldn't find it. The risk of looking like a fool is worth it now, I want to get on with my first app!
