Refresh a view every load

Hi Guys

 I have a custom component an extended label and need a way of refreshing the view it is contained in everytime it is called.

The problem is only the URL will change which is done from within the component so I have no way to know when to invalidate the prop.

I have included the call and two files,

<common:customLabel screenID="overviewLinks" identify="accountType_title" linkName="Account Type" styleName="txtLabel" width="100" height="20" />


thanks,

John

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Canvas xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" horizontalScrollPolicy="off" activate="invalidateProperties()">
	<mx:Script>
	 <![CDATA[
	 	import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
		import mx.controls.Image;			
		import mx.managers.CursorManager;
		import flash.events.*;
		import com.sunlife.us.workbench.util.common.linkUrlFunction;
		
 
		[Bindable]	
			public var returnedArray : ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection();
		[Bindable]	
			public var _linkURL:String = new String();
		[Bindable]	
			public var linkImage:String = new String();
		[Bindable]	
			public var	visibleImage:Boolean = false;
		[Bindable]	
			public var	screenID : String  = new String();
		[Bindable]
			public var identify : String  = new String();
		[Bindable]
			public var _linkName : String = new String();
	
			
		override protected function commitProperties():void
		
			{
				identify = this.identify;
				screenID = this.screenID;				
				returnedArray = linkUrlFunction.returnLink(identify,screenID);
				linkURL = String(returnedArray.getItemAt(0));
				linkImage = String(returnedArray.getItemAt(1));
				visibleImage = returnedArray.getItemAt(2);
 
				if(visibleImage){
					this.visibleImage = true;
				}
			}
			
 
			[Bindable(event="linkNameChanged")]
			public function get linkName():String {
			  return _linkName;
			}
			
			public function set linkName(value:String):void {
			  _linkName = value;
			
			  // calling this method will cause commitProperties() to be called in the next update
			  invalidateProperties();
			
			  // note that the event you dispatch has the same name as the one given in the Bindable metatag
			  dispatchEvent(new Event("linkNameChanged"));
 
			}
			
			
			
			// check the url also as the url may only change on some products
		
			[Bindable(event="linkURLChanged")]
			public function get linkURL():String {
			  return _linkURL;
			}
			
			public function set linkURL(value:String):void {
			  _linkURL = value;
			
			  // calling this method will cause commitProperties() to be called in the next update
			  invalidateProperties();
			
			  // note that the event you dispatch has the same name as the one given in the Bindable metatag
			  dispatchEvent(new Event("linkURLChanged"));
 
			}
 
 
 
	         public function linkHandler():void 
	         {
	         	identify = this.identify;
				screenID = this.screenID;				
				returnedArray = linkUrlFunction.returnLink(identify,screenID);
				
				var link2Use :String = new String();
				link2Use = String(returnedArray.getItemAt(0));
	         	
		        // Open the link in a new window, 
		        navigateToURL(new URLRequest(link2Use), '_link')
		     }
	       ]]>
	</mx:Script>
		
	<mx:HBox horizontalGap="-2" horizontalScrollPolicy="off" width="100%">
		<mx:Text text="{_linkName}" paddingRight="0" paddingLeft="0" id="textDisplay"/>
		<mx:Image enabled="{this.visibleImage}" visible="{this.visibleImage}" horizontalAlign="center" verticalAlign="middle"  source="{this.linkImage}" click="linkHandler()" buttonMode="true" scaleContent="true" width="17" height="17"/>
		
	</mx:HBox>
 
</mx:Canvas>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
package custom
{
	import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
	import com.sunlife.us.workbench.model.annuity.ModelLocatorAnnuity;
	import mx.utils.StringUtil;
	
	
	
	public class linkUrlFunction
	{
		
		public static function returnLink(linkID : String, screenID : String):ArrayCollection
		{
			screenID= StringUtil.trim(screenID);
			var modelAnnuity : ModelLocatorAnnuity = ModelLocatorAnnuity.getInstance();
			
			 var returnArray : ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection();
			 var returnUrl : String = new String;
			 var returnImage : String = new String;;
			 var imagePath :String = "assets/images/";
			 var linkImage:String = new String;;
			 var identifyierArray : Object = new Object;
			 var visible : Boolean = new Boolean;
			 
			identifyierArray = new ArrayCollection;
			visible = false;
		
		
 		if( modelAnnuity.annuityOverviewVO.annuityWB2Links != null){
			switch(screenID)
			{
			case "bonusValuesLinks":
				identifyierArray = modelAnnuity.annuityOverviewVO.annuityWB2Links.bonusValuesLinks;		
				break;
			
			case "claimsLinks":
				identifyierArray = modelAnnuity.annuityOverviewVO.annuityWB2Links.claimsLinks;
				break;
				
			case "deathBenefitsLinks":
				identifyierArray = modelAnnuity.annuityOverviewVO.annuityWB2Links.deathBenefitsLinks;
				break;
		
			case "investmentsLinks":
				identifyierArray = modelAnnuity.annuityOverviewVO.annuityWB2Links.investmentsLinks;
				break;
		
			case "livingBenefitsLinks":
				identifyierArray = modelAnnuity.annuityOverviewVO.annuityWB2Links.livingBenefitsLinks;
				break;
			
			case "overviewLinks":
				identifyierArray = modelAnnuity.annuityOverviewVO.annuityWB2Links.overviewLinks;
				break;
			
			case "rmdLinks":
				identifyierArray = modelAnnuity.annuityOverviewVO.annuityWB2Links.rmdLinks;
				break;
			
			case "specialFeaturesLinks":
				identifyierArray = modelAnnuity.annuityOverviewVO.annuityWB2Links.specialFeaturesLinks;
				break;
			
			case "taxLinks":
				identifyierArray = modelAnnuity.annuityOverviewVO.annuityWB2Links.taxLinks;
				break;
			
			case "transactionsLinks": 
				identifyierArray = modelAnnuity.annuityOverviewVO.annuityWB2Links.transactionsLinks;
				break;
				
			default:
				
				returnArray.addItemAt("" , 0);
				returnArray.addItemAt("" , 1);
				returnArray.addItemAt("",2);
			}
		}
			else{
				
			returnArray.addItemAt("" , 0);
			returnArray.addItemAt("" , 1);
			returnArray.addItemAt("",2);
			trace("******************************************** ");
		
		}
		if (identifyierArray == null){
			
			returnArray.addItemAt("" , 0);
			returnArray.addItemAt("" , 1);
			returnArray.addItemAt("",2);
			trace("null object encountered ie. no array returned for current set for " + screenID);
		}
		
		else {
			
			if( identifyierArray.length > 0)
			{
				
				 for(var h : Number = 0; h < identifyierArray.length; h++)
				 {
					 if(StringUtil.trim(identifyierArray[h].flexId) == StringUtil.trim(linkID))
					 {
					 	returnUrl = String(identifyierArray[h].url)	
					 	linkImage = String(identifyierArray[h].iconType);
					 	h = identifyierArray.length; 		 	
					 }
				 }
				 
				 if((linkImage == null) || (linkImage.length < 1) || (returnUrl == "") ){			 	
					 visible = false;
					}
				else{
					
					returnImage = String(imagePath + StringUtil.trim(linkImage) +".gif")
					trace(returnImage);
					visible = true;	
					}
					
				returnArray.addItemAt(returnUrl , 0);
				returnArray.addItemAt(returnImage , 1);
				returnArray.addItemAt(visible,2);
		
			}
			
		}
	
		return(returnArray);
		}
	}
 
}

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