Fx script block help!!

AnN

I am so new, trying to learn the basics of flex!!
I am not sure how the <fx:script> blocks work when there are more than one?! In my case, the script block within a control has no knowledge of the anything else outside of it!!!

For example, the codes below... Please look toward the end at function "protected function pubMapThumb_clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void".

Within this function, I could not access anything "outside", like the "pubmapList" or any functions in the main <fx:script> block.

Can someone explain that to me, and how would I achieve in doing that? (access "outside" controls).

Thanks so much!!!

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Group xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
   xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
   xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
   width="1072" height="800" x="0" y="150"
   horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0">

<fx:Declarations>
  <!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
 
</fx:Declarations>

<fx:Script>
  <![CDATA[
  
   import mx.collections.*;
  
   [Bindable] public var imgArray:Array = new Array();
  
   public function createDataProvider():ArrayList
   {
    //var imgArray:Array = new Array();
    for(var i:int=0; i<9; i++)
    {
     imgArray = PathToMyImage();
    }
   
    return new ArrayList(imgArray);
   }
  
   private function PathToMyImage():String
   {
    return "http://arcgisonline.com/sharing/content/items/0bb40265b64a4b29ac3bccb774413357/info/thumbnail/global_wetlands.jpg";
   }
  ]]>
 
</fx:Script>

<mx:Text id="PubMapTitle" text="FEATURED MAPS" fontSize="36" y="45" horizontalCenter="0"/>

<s:List id="pubmapList"
   dragEnabled="false" dropEnabled="false" dragMoveEnabled="false"
   dataProvider="{createDataProvider()}"
   y="110" horizontalCenter="0">
   
  <s:layout>
   <s:TileLayout id="pubmapListTiles"
        verticalGap="10" horizontalGap="10" horizontalAlign="center" verticalAlign="middle" />
  </s:layout>
 
  <s:itemRenderer>
   <fx:Component>
    <s:DataRenderer>
    
     <fx:Script>
      <![CDATA[
       import flash.net.getClassByAlias;
      
       import mx.controls.Alert;
       import mx.core.UIComponent;
      
       public var uicomp:UIComponent;
      
       protected function image1_mouseOverHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
       {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        //Alert.show("Map Info: " + "\n", "Map Details");
        //rollOverTextArea.visible = true;
        //rollOverTextArea.text = "Map Info";
        //rollOverTextArea.x = pubMapThumb.width.valueOf() + 10;
       
        pubMapThumb.toolTip = "Our Far South - Beyond Stewart Island (ArcGIS Viewer for Public)Live ArcGIS.com Map of the \"Our Far South\" Expedition to Antarctica";
       }
      
       protected function image1_mouseOutHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
       {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        //rollOverTextArea.visible = false;
        //rollOverTextArea.text = "";
       }
      
       protected function pubMapThumb_clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
       {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        //removeElement(uicomp);
       
        uicomp = new UIComponent();
        addElement(uicomp);
       
        var mapmodule:MapModule = new MapModule();
        mapmodule.setMapServer("http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Canvas/World_Light_Gray_Base/MapServer");
        mapmodule.width = Capabilities.screenResolutionX;
        mapmodule.height = Capabilities.screenResolutionY * .80 - 160;
        uicomp.addChild(mapmodule);
       }
      
      ]]>
     </fx:Script>
    
     <s:BorderContainer includeInLayout="true" id="imgBorderContainer" borderWeight="3" borderStyle="solid">
      <s:Image id="pubMapThumb" source="{data}" height="200" width="300" mouseOver="image1_mouseOverHandler(event)" mouseOut="image1_mouseOutHandler(event)" click="pubMapThumb_clickHandler(event)"/>
     </s:BorderContainer>
    </s:DataRenderer>
   </fx:Component>
  </s:itemRenderer>
</s:List>
</s:Group>

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DasaPaddock

See:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/mxml/component.html