Flex 4 need help Deleting objects from the Canvas

[Craig McLeod]

Hi,

I am adding objects to the canvas dynamically and then when I want to
delete them I use the following code:

public function removeSelected():void {
if (objectHandles.selectionManager.currentlySelected[0])
{
var elementToRemove:IVisualElement;
try {
elementToRemove =
this[objectHandles.selectionManager.currentlySelected[0].CanvasItemID];
objectHandles.unregisterComponent(elementToRemove);
mainGroup.removeElement(elementToRemove)
} catch (myE:Error){
//Alert.show
([objectHandles.selectionManager.currentlySelected[0].CanvasItemID] +
'')
//elementToRemove =
[objectHandles.selectionManager.currentlySelected[0].CanvasItemID] ;
//objectHandles.unregisterComponent(elementToRemove);
//mainGroup.removeElement(elementToRemove)

Alert.show(mainGroup[objectHandles.selectionManager.currentlySelected[0].CanvasItemID]
+ '');
}


} else {
Alert.show('Please select an object to remove from the
canvas','Oops');
}
}

It only seems to work for objects that start off on the stage, it
fails for new objects even though they have the same address space.

Anyone got a working example of how to delete objects off the stage in
FLEX 4.

Please and thank you for any help you can offer.

Regards
Craig