using parentApplication.function to access main application

[kofi addaquay]

Hi everyone...just wondering if anyone has used the parentApplication.functionname to access a function on the main application.?
i have a component in my components folder... with a click button. this is how i am calling the click event

<mx:Button id="searchButton" label="Search" click="parentApplication.searchClickHandler(event)" />

simply saying call the searchClickHandler function in the parent application. the function IS define in the main mxml file plus i have added the necessary namespaces. but i get an error saying searchClickHandler not found!


in the past i would have added a metadata tag in the component and dispatached the event..which has always worked for me. but i am trying to use the parentApplication to access the function this time from the component. any ideas?? its weird.

[Jorge Solis]

Use mx.core.Application.application to access the main application, be sure that the method is public

Jorge

[kofi addaquay]

Yep, it worked

didnt have to import mx.core.Application.application though. just changed the scope of the function to public.