Flex 3: Passing Array to Custom Component

Question

I created a custom button component that accepts an array as a property. I set the property as follows:

titleDims="[{Month: comboBox1.text, Year:comboBox2.text, Sales Order:comboBox3.text}]"

and I get the following error:

"1084: Syntax error: expecting rightparen before colon."

Wat is wrong with the array syntax?

I thought you had to do that when passing a parameter to an custom component — Ivan
Is the custom component expecting a string or an array? isn't this json notation? — Amarghosh
I could be wrong, but I think Ivan wants to set a property in MXML, so quotes are required. Ivan, in the future, please specify if you're talking about ActionScript or MXML because it's not always easy to tell from context. — Josh Tynjala
Yes. Good point. I was trying to do this in MXML not Actionscript. — Ivan

LiraNuna LiraNuna · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-18T07:23:33

Your problem is your formatting. Let's break it down:

titleDims = [{
    Month: comboBox1.text,
    Year:comboBox2.text,
    Sales Order:comboBox3.text // Whoops! There's a space here!
}]

I suggest to change it to SalesOrder instead.

If you really need spaces in the key, you can do this:

titleDims = [{
    'Month': comboBox1.text,
    'Year': comboBox2.text,
    'Sales Order': comboBox3.text
}]