[Flex] tracing XML/MXML

Man I have to get used to that logfile thing. Kinda sucks having to reopen it everytime you want to see what you traced.

Anyway, how to I trace stuff that is in an <mx:> tag?

For instance, I have this script tag:

Code:

---

<mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
                trace(employees);//how do I trace employees?
        ]]>
</mx:Script>

---

followed by this:

Code:

---

    <mx:XMLList id="employees">
        <employee>
            <name>Christina Coenraets</name>
            <phone>555-219-2270</phone>
            <email>[email protected]</email>
            <active>true</active>
        </employee>
        <employee>
            <name>Joanne Wall</name>
            <phone>555-219-2012</phone>
            <email>[email protected]</email>
            <active>true</active>
        </employee>
    </mx:XMLList>

---

What am I doing wrong?

You need to wait for employees to be created.

Something like:

Code:

---

<mx:Application
        xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        creationComplete="trace (employees)">

---

Or create a creation complete function for your app.

makes sense, thanks man.