[FLEX-13763] WindowedApplication doesn't update/show menu when it changes during runtime

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Later
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK 3.0 (Release)
• Component/s: mx: FlexNativeMenu
• Environment: Affected OS(s): Windows; Affected OS(s): Windows XP; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Adobe JIRA
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 14/Jan/08 22:02
• Updated: 26/Mar/08 13:21
• Resolved: 23/Jan/08 15:47

Description

Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a new Flex desktop (AIR) application with the following code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="vertical">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
private function addMenu():void

{ this.menu = xmlBasedMenu; }

]]
>
</mx:Script>

<mx:XML id="xmlMenuData">
<xmlRoot>
<menuitem label="MenuItem A" >
<menuitem label="SubMenuItem A-1" enabled="false"/>
<menuitem label="SubMenuItem A-2"/>
</menuitem>
<menuitem label="MenuItem B">
<menuitem label="SubMenuItem B-1"/>
<menuitem label="SubMenuItem B-2"/>
<menuitem label="SubMenuItem B-3"/>
</menuitem>
</xmlRoot>
</mx:XML>

<mx:FlexNativeMenu id="xmlBasedMenu"
showRoot="false"
labelField="@label"
dataProvider="

{xmlMenuData}

"/>

<mx:Button label="Click to add menu bar" click="addMenu();"/>
</mx:WindowedApplication>

2. Run the application and click the button

Actual Results: No visible change occurs

Expected Results: The window menu bar appears in the window (on MS Windows)

Note that if you resize the window after clicking the button, that causes the menu to appear.

Workaround (if any): None, other than forcing the WindowedApplication to revalidate, I suppose.

There are posted attachments which demonstrate having one menu and swapping dataProviders.