Accordion child controls are null until we open the panels

I am using Flex AS3, i have a accordian with two tabs each tab contains som开发者_JAVA百科e text boxes and i am trying to access these child controls from button event handler which resides outside the accordian, Problem is these controls are null until i open the tabs of accordian.

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Add this to the MXML of your accordion

creationPolicy="all"

It will then create everything at the beginning so those children will be there for you to reference.

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You could try programatically opening and closing the accordion on something like creationComplete to force the creation of the components in the repeater. I would second avoiding repeaters. I have found with a little creativity you can do much better with basic lists and custom item renders. This gives you a lot more control over the creation of the child components.