# \[FLASH MX 2004 PRO or 8\] - Troubles passing component properties to variables

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-2004-pro-or-8-troubles-passing-component-properties-to-variables/183809>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 30, 2006, 8:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-2004-pro-or-8-troubles-passing-component-properties-to-variables/183809 "2006-03-30T08:04:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![seethru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@seethru](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/seethru)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 8:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-2004-pro-or-8-troubles-passing-component-properties-to-variables/183809/1 "2006-03-30T08:04:43Z")

</div>

Howdy All,  
I know it’s been forever and a week since I posted or anything, so I guess I should say it’s nice to be back!

Here’s my trouble:

I’m trying to build a small map viewing app (with components… eew…) that basically consists of:

- a list (or datagrid as is the more likely case now) of locations (label) and associated x and y points (data)
- a scrollpane (400 x 300 pixels) that holds a graphic of the map (somewhere in the 900 x 500 pixels range)

I want to use the scrollPane properties hPosition and vPosition to center the viewer on specific locations that are in the list. The x and y points can hold either actual \_x and \_y data, or the more useful hPosition and vPosition values. I know that it is possible to set the scroll positions via scrollPane.hPosition = whatever;.

Also, it is necessary that the scrollPane has the scroll (by dragging) feature.

Is there a way I can bind the list data to the scrollPane and have it move to the selected hPosition and vPosition? If not through binding, then through AS? Declaring x and y vars to hold the \<data\> from the list (or the x: and y: column data from the data grid)?

Another option I thought of is to use a mc instead of a scrollPane, and just create buttons around the perimeter that when rolled over would move a masked image of the map in the desired direction. Still, to do the list selection, I would need to pass the data from the list (or datagrid) to the mc somehow… is this possible??

Thanks for listening,  
Seethru

P.S - If you need anything clarified, just ask. Thanks!