Re: [flexcoders] Re: Print existing documents in Flex
- Original Message - From: Amy amyblankens...@bellsouth.net To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 6:03 AM Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Print existing documents in Flex --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Andrews p...@... wrote: snip Interesting suggestion - might be a problem with pagination - you'd want each document to at least start on a new page. AFAIK it's not possible to force a page break in a HTML document. http://www.w3schools.com/HTMLDOM/prop_style_pagebreakafter.asp http://www.w3schools.com/CSS/pr_print_pageba.asp http://www.w3schools.com/Css/pr_print_pagebb.asp If you didn't strip out the body tags and that actually didn't break anything, you could use page-break-after on body tags. That's really interesting Amy, I hadn't known about that. Thanks for looking up the references. Paul HTH; Amy
Re: [flexcoders] Flex, SharePoint and SQLServer
- Original Message - From: Tracy Spratt To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 5:01 AM Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Flex, SharePoint and SQLServer snip Flex can't really talk directly to a database. Supposedly, the later SQL Server versions support native http access. If that really works, scalably and securely, then you could use HTTPService in Flex to communicate with the db. I have not tried this, nor have I heard any success stories about that approach. You'd really have to handle that with care on anything but (perhaps) an intranet - a swf decompiler could expose your DB innards and security.. snip Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available -- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mic Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 11:39 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Flex, SharePoint and SQLServer Just got introduced to the wonderful world of SharePoint recently, and am contemplating coding the client's BI application in Flex and then embedding into SharePoint. Are people doing this? All the data must come from SQLServer2005. Done some googling and understand that I could 1. Load data into SharePoint lists and then send to Flex 2. Talk to 2005 directly from Flex. Is this correct and which is the better approach? Are there any examples of this kind of architecture? I did not really find much after a couple of hours of googling. I have looked at ASP.NET and VisualStudio etc and just feel I could do a better job with Flex. Don't want to infer Flex is superior, but I do know that I can write the app they need in Flex. Is this a sensible approach? Thanks in advance for any pointers, Mic.
[flexcoders] undefined SampleDataEvent
Hello everybody,
I'm playing around with the new sound capabilities of Flash10 and wanted
to try out an example I found on the internet.
Basically, I ported the DynamicSoundSample1 from
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/dynamic_sound_generation/ to
Flex 3.
But I keep getting the error Flex error: type was not found or was not
a compile-time constant: SampleDataEvent.
Indeed, Flex Builder also doesn't show SampleDataEvent in the code
completition of import flash.events..
According to the LiveDocs, SampleDataEvents should be available in
Flex 3.3 (and I recently updated the SDK to 3.3 and updated the project
options):
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/flash/events/SampleDataEvent.html
What am I doing wrong?
Simplest reproducable code:
---
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; layout=absolute
mx:Script
![CDATA[
import flash.events.SampleDataEvent;
function sampleDataHandler(event:SampleDataEvent):void
{
}
]]
/mx:Script
/mx:Application
---
Best regards,
florian heft
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[flexcoders] Loading AS2 SWF in Flex 3
I'm trying to load an AS2 swf using SWFLoader (Embedded) in a TitleWindow. The SWF file plays fine in a standalone player, but when embedded in Flex, AS2 scripted animations don't display. I'm loading it inside Flex so that I can communicate using LocalConnection. Right now, I'm loading it in a separate HTML file but there's no way of communication with Flex. So, I need to know either how I can embed the SWF file in Flex without losing any of its AS2 script, or how I can communicate between Flex and Flash when they're loading in two different wrappers. I need to send product objects from AS2 Flash to Flex, so it's not just polling which could've been achieved by manipulating the URL.
Re: [flexcoders] Loading AS2 SWF in Flex 3
- Original Message - From: Hyder hyder_...@hotmail.com To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 5:47 PM Subject: [flexcoders] Loading AS2 SWF in Flex 3 I'm trying to load an AS2 swf using SWFLoader (Embedded) in a TitleWindow. The SWF file plays fine in a standalone player, but when embedded in Flex, AS2 scripted animations don't display. I'm loading it inside Flex so that I can communicate using LocalConnection. Right now, I'm loading it in a separate HTML file but there's no way of communication with Flex. So, I need to know either how I can embed the SWF file in Flex without losing any of its AS2 script, or how I can communicate between Flex and Flash when they're loading in two different wrappers. I need to send product objects from AS2 Flash to Flex, so it's not just polling which could've been achieved by manipulating the URL. Check out LocalConnection. Going the opposite way is described here: http://www.learningactionscript3.com/2007/12/14/sending-data-from-avm2-to-avm1/#more-29 Paul
[flexcoders] Re: Flex to Air comminication via LocalConnection - Error #2044
Wow that worked like a charm, thanks mate /Eric
[flexcoders] Re: Flex, SharePoint and SQLServer
Yes, you can get xml data from a SQL-Server database directly through xPath url queries. The risk here though is that it opens up the possibility of SQL injection and isn't that secure. Your options are to create your own .Net web services or look into using a middle tier solution like WebOrb; for connectivity between a Flex client and a .Net backend. -TH --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Andrews p...@... wrote: - Original Message - From: Tracy Spratt To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 5:01 AM Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Flex, SharePoint and SQLServer snip Flex can't really talk directly to a database. Supposedly, the later SQL Server versions support native http access. If that really works, scalably and securely, then you could use HTTPService in Flex to communicate with the db. I have not tried this, nor have I heard any success stories about that approach. You'd really have to handle that with care on anything but (perhaps) an intranet - a swf decompiler could expose your DB innards and security.. snip Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available \ -- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mic Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 11:39 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Flex, SharePoint and SQLServer Just got introduced to the wonderful world of SharePoint recently, and am contemplating coding the client's BI application in Flex and then embedding into SharePoint. Are people doing this? All the data must come from SQLServer2005. Done some googling and understand that I could 1. Load data into SharePoint lists and then send to Flex 2. Talk to 2005 directly from Flex. Is this correct and which is the better approach? Are there any examples of this kind of architecture? I did not really find much after a couple of hours of googling. I have looked at ASP.NET and VisualStudio etc and just feel I could do a better job with Flex. Don't want to infer Flex is superior, but I do know that I can write the app they need in Flex. Is this a sensible approach? Thanks in advance for any pointers, Mic.
[flexcoders] Re: How to create your own IFlexModuleFactory?
Yes, I think IFlexModuleFactory possibly isn't what I'm after. I was basically looking for ways to initialise custom modules (plugins) in a correct order with specific values. I've since abandoned that idea and had my main plugin object initialised in the constructor of each module. Thanks, --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui aha...@... wrote: Check out Module.as. There should be [Frame] metadata that specifies the class that implements IFlexModuleFactory that will be used as the root of the module SWF. AFAIK, nobody has ever gone down this road before. There's a 90% chance that there's some other way to do what you want without going down this road. Describe your goals with a bit more detail and we'll see if there's some easier way. Alex Harui Flex SDK Developer Adobe Systems Inc.http://www.adobe.com/ Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of skuteboarding Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 12:45 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] How to create your own IFlexModuleFactory? Hi,I'm interested in implementing the IFlexModuleFactory interface in my modules - mainly so I can manually control the creation of my objects. What do I need to implement this in my module?
[flexcoders] Flex Component Kit still needed for CS4?
I know CS3 needed the flex component kit. Does CS4 need it as well? Its confusing because this page: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Flash/10.0_UsingFlash/WSFD77A256-0DE1-46c7-86FB-CC4A8AE2EAA6.html which is for CS4, sends you to the component page, but the component page only mentions CS3. brad
[flexcoders] var circle:Sprite = new Sprite(); Not working
I'm at a loss here. I copied this code straight off the adobe site:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=05_Display_Programming_29.html
And copied it write into a new mxml project (below) and Flex is throwing 1120
erorrs saying circle is undefined. How can that be?
**
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; layout=absolute
mx:Script
![CDATA[
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
var circle:Sprite = new Sprite();
circle.graphics.beginFill(0x99);
circle.graphics.drawCircle(50, 50, 50);
circle.graphics.endFill();
addChild(circle);
function fadeCircle(event:Event):void{
circle.alpha -= .05;
if (circle.alpha = 0){
circle.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fadeCircle);
}
}
function startAnimation(event:MouseEvent):void{
circle.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fadeCircle);
}
circle.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startAnimation);
]]
/mx:Script
/mx:Application
[flexcoders] Bizarre browser inconsistencies...?
Hi, I had thought that I had successfully finished my first Flex application - my portfolio constructed from four modules... at showreel.inkthing.net/Patch.html - but have discovered that in Firefox the Radio module throws a security error despite the mp3player and the crossdomain.xml both specifying and allowing access to that subdomain. And then weird! It works in Safari - and it works in Firefox (sometimes) if the subdomain is loaded as www.inkthing.net/showreel/Patch.html. Can anyone throw any light on this strange, frustrating behaviour?
Re: [flexcoders] Re: New Adobe forums coming!
I know there are plenty of people who still use NNTP (I certainly hadn't realized how popular it remained among our community since it didn't seem to work so well for me). But yes, we won't be able to support NNTP right now. That said, most email clients today support threading of messages which means that you can have pretty much the same experience as what you were getting before. To me, not having to launch another client to track the forums is a pretty significant win (since my email client doesn't support NNTP). I realize I won't be able to convince the diehards of the benefits of the overall change, but I'm willing to go out on a limb and say that this change is going to benefit the majority of the Flex community. Matt On 4/4/09 11:52 AM, Amy amyblankens...@bellsouth.net wrote: --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com , Nancy Gill na...@... wrote: What will happen to the NNTP access? It will be gone. :( This is a huge mistake on Adobe's part. Well, I guess I'll be using the forums exactly once...to explain to the people who have gotten help from me in the past why they are not going to be able to get it from me in the future. Kind of a shame, but possibly the power users that are happier doing things by e.mail will be able to replace the ones that have traditionally used nntp. -Amy
[flexcoders] Trying to dynamically populate checkboxes via array binding
Hello everyone,
I am making a first AIR application which is a simple task manager. It's
been built with AS, and uses SQLite to handle data. I would like to display
the tasks in a simple list of checkboxes, but my MXML knowledge is very low
and I ended up with this :
mx:List dataProvider={taskCollection}
mx:CheckBox
label={data.task}
selected={data.id}/
/mx:List
I would love being able to do it this way and get it working properly :
mx:CheckBox
dataProvider={taskCollection}
label={data.task} selected={data.id}/
I feel like I don't get the MXML way to do things... That's why I ask you
Gurus some precious help :)
Regards,
Benoit V.
RE: [flexcoders] var circle:Sprite = new Sprite(); Not working
That error is often caused by attempting to initialize a complex variable
outside of a function. This is because of the way mxml files are generated
into classes.
Declare the circle variable in instance scope as you have, but do the
initialization in a function called by creationComplete.
Tracy Spratt,
Lariat Services, development services available
_
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of brad.bueche
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 4:39 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] var circle:Sprite = new Sprite(); Not working
I'm at a loss here. I copied this code straight off the adobe site:
http://livedocs.
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=05_Display_Programm
ing_29.html
adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=05_Display_Programming_29.html
And copied it write into a new mxml project (below) and Flex is throwing
1120 erorrs saying circle is undefined. How can that be?
**
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe. http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml
com/2006/mxml layout=absolute
mx:Script
![CDATA[
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
var circle:Sprite = new Sprite();
circle.graphics.beginFill(0x99);
circle.graphics.drawCircle(50, 50, 50);
circle.graphics.endFill();
addChild(circle);
function fadeCircle(event:Event):void{
circle.alpha -= .05;
if (circle.alpha = 0){
circle.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fadeCircle);
}
}
function startAnimation(event:MouseEvent):void{
circle.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fadeCircle);
}
circle.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startAnimation);
]]
/mx:Script
/mx:Application
Re: [flexcoders] var circle:Sprite = new Sprite(); Not working
Tracy beat me to it... but I'm going to send my email as well :).
This is because your code isn't in an event handler. In MXML you can't have
free-floating script, just like in an ActionScript 3 class, you can't have
circle.graphics.beginFill(0x99) outside of a method.
I recommend doing the following:
Change your mx:Application tag to read as this:
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; layout=absolute
creationComplete=onReady()
Then:
mx:Script
![CDATA[
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
private function onReady():void {
var circle:Sprite = new Sprite();
circle.graphics.beginFill(0x99);
circle.graphics.drawCircle(50, 50, 50);
circle.graphics.endFill();
addChild(circle);
}
]]
/mx:Script
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 1:38 PM, brad.bueche b...@bueche.com wrote:
I'm at a loss here. I copied this code straight off the adobe site:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=05_Display_Programming_29.html
And copied it write into a new mxml project (below) and Flex is throwing
1120 erorrs saying circle is undefined. How can that be?
**
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml;
layout=absolute
mx:Script
![CDATA[
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
var circle:Sprite = new Sprite();
circle.graphics.beginFill(0x99);
circle.graphics.drawCircle(50, 50, 50);
circle.graphics.endFill();
addChild(circle);
function fadeCircle(event:Event):void{
circle.alpha -= .05;
if (circle.alpha = 0){
circle.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fadeCircle);
}
}
function startAnimation(event:MouseEvent):void{
circle.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fadeCircle);
}
circle.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startAnimation);
]]
/mx:Script
/mx:Application
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http://blog.natebeck.net
[flexcoders] Eclipse Ganymede
Still using Windows XP and trying Eclipse Ganymede with Flex 3. The messages going back to 9/08 discuss Ganymede problems but without a clear explanation. I have installed Eclipse 3.2.2 and Flex3 and that works but when installing Eclipse current version (Ganymede) it does not. On Adobe.com an example posted says it uses Eclipse Ganymede so, it would seem, the poster had NO problems with Ganymede. Why not? Everyone OK with Ganymede? Or not using it? Thanks.
Re: [flexcoders] Eclipse Ganymede
I have installed ganymede with the flex builder 3 plugin, mylin, subclipse, cfeclipse, mxunit etc and it's working beautifully. Toby On 06/04/2009, at 10:29 AM, Albert Waltner wrote: Still using Windows XP and trying Eclipse Ganymede with Flex 3. The messages going back to 9/08 discuss Ganymede problems but without a clear explanation. I have installed Eclipse 3.2.2 and Flex3 and that works but when installing Eclipse current version (Ganymede) it does not. On Adobe.com an example posted says it uses Eclipse Ganymede so, it would seem, the poster had NO problems with Ganymede. Why not? Everyone OK with Ganymede? Or not using it? Thanks. Toby Tremayne CEO Magic Industries http://www.magicindustries.net mob: 0416 048 090 icq: 13107913 skype: lyricist1
RE: [flexcoders] Eclipse Ganymede
I recently installed Builder on a fresh system with Eclipse(Ganymede), and had to do two things: 1. Install the old Builder Plug-in to my Ganymede install. You have to insist yes, this is an eclipse dir 2. Get the absolute latest version of builder standalone, and then copy over the newer jars from that install to my plug-in environment. Supposedly the plug-in version is available as the same version, but I couldn't find it. Alternatively, try this: http://www.tekool.net/blog/2008/06/28/flex-builder-3-plugin-dont-work-with-eclipse-34/ Tim Rowe Software Engineer carsales.com Ltd From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Albert Waltner Sent: Monday, 6 April 2009 10:30 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Eclipse Ganymede Still using Windows XP and trying Eclipse Ganymede with Flex 3. The messages going back to 9/08 discuss Ganymede problems but without a clear explanation. I have installed Eclipse 3.2.2 and Flex3 and that works but when installing Eclipse current version (Ganymede) it does not. On Adobe.com an example posted says it uses Eclipse Ganymede so, it would seem, the poster had NO problems with Ganymede. Why not? Everyone OK with Ganymede? Or not using it? Thanks.
[flexcoders] Re: Trying to dynamically populate checkboxes via array binding
Hi Benoit,
You're going to want to use an itemRenderer for the checkBox's. Tracey
Spratt has an example here:
http://www.cflex.net/showFileDetails.cfm?ObjectID=559
http://www.cflex.net/showFileDetails.cfm?ObjectID=559
-TH
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Benoit Villière benv...@...
wrote:
Hello everyone,
I am making a first AIR application which is a simple task manager.
It's
been built with AS, and uses SQLite to handle data. I would like to
display
the tasks in a simple list of checkboxes, but my MXML knowledge is
very low
and I ended up with this :
mx:List dataProvider={taskCollection}
mx:CheckBox
label={data.task}
selected={data.id}/
/mx:List
I would love being able to do it this way and get it working properly
:
mx:CheckBox
dataProvider={taskCollection}
label={data.task} selected={data.id}/
I feel like I don't get the MXML way to do things... That's why I ask
you
Gurus some precious help :)
Regards,
Benoit V.
[flexcoders] Re: var circle:Sprite = new Sprite(); Not working
Thanks Tracy, Nate!
Ok, that worked, in that it got rid of the errors. But then I got a type
conversion error about not being able to convert a Sprite to a UIComponent. So
I read throught some blogs and found this rawchildren solution and using Shape
too. So now I get a circle on the screen with no errors but the evenhandlers
dont seem to be working.
Here is what I have (below). I think I'm going to have to use a timer. I dont
think that .ENTERRAME is going to work in Flex is it?
Here is a nice example. I might take this route instead.
http://www.fortegames.com/games/CannonBall/CannonBallTest.html
brad
code follows
***
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml;
layout=absolute creationComplete=buildCircle()
mx:Script
![CDATA[
import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
public var circle:Shape = new Shape();
private function buildCircle():void{
circle.graphics.beginFill(0x99);
circle.graphics.drawCircle(50, 50, 50);
circle.graphics.endFill();
circle.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startAnimation);
this.rawChildren.addChild(circle);
}
private function fadeCircle(event:Event):void{
circle.alpha -= .05;
if (circle.alpha = 0)
{
circle.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fadeCircle);
}
}
private function startAnimation(event:MouseEvent):void{
circle.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fadeCircle);
}
/mx:Script
/mx:Application
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Nate Beck n...@... wrote:
Tracy beat me to it... but I'm going to send my email as well :).
This is because your code isn't in an event handler. In MXML you can't have
free-floating script, just like in an ActionScript 3 class, you can't have
circle.graphics.beginFill(0x99) outside of a method.
I recommend doing the following:
Change your mx:Application tag to read as this:
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; layout=absolute
creationComplete=onReady()
Then:
mx:Script
![CDATA[
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
private function onReady():void {
var circle:Sprite = new Sprite();
circle.graphics.beginFill(0x99);
circle.graphics.drawCircle(50, 50, 50);
circle.graphics.endFill();
addChild(circle);
}
]]
/mx:Script
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 1:38 PM, brad.bueche b...@... wrote:
I'm at a loss here. I copied this code straight off the adobe site:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=05_Display_Programming_29.html
And copied it write into a new mxml project (below) and Flex is throwing
1120 erorrs saying circle is undefined. How can that be?
**
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml;
layout=absolute
mx:Script
![CDATA[
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
var circle:Sprite = new Sprite();
circle.graphics.beginFill(0x99);
circle.graphics.drawCircle(50, 50, 50);
circle.graphics.endFill();
addChild(circle);
function fadeCircle(event:Event):void{
circle.alpha -= .05;
if (circle.alpha = 0){
circle.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fadeCircle);
}
}
function startAnimation(event:MouseEvent):void{
circle.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fadeCircle);
}
circle.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startAnimation);
]]
/mx:Script
/mx:Application
--
Cheers,
Nate
http://blog.natebeck.net
RE: [flexcoders] Re: var circle:Sprite = new Sprite(); Not working
You do NOT want to use rawChildren, stick with normal practices..
Sprite is too low level to add to a Flex container. You need to wrap it in
a UIComponent. I don't have a real example, but it will be something like:
var uic:UIComponent = new UIComponent();
uic.addChild(circle);
this.addChild(uic)
ENTERFRAME might work, it depends on what you want to happen. Flex handles
frames differently that Flash might. What are you trying to do?
Tracy Spratt,
Lariat Services, development services available
_
From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of brad.bueche
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 9:42 PM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: var circle:Sprite = new Sprite(); Not working
Thanks Tracy, Nate!
Ok, that worked, in that it got rid of the errors. But then I got a type
conversion error about not being able to convert a Sprite to a UIComponent.
So I read throught some blogs and found this rawchildren solution and using
Shape too. So now I get a circle on the screen with no errors but the
evenhandlers dont seem to be working.
Here is what I have (below). I think I'm going to have to use a timer. I
dont think that .ENTERRAME is going to work in Flex is it?
Here is a nice example. I might take this route instead.
http://www.fortegam
http://www.fortegames.com/games/CannonBall/CannonBallTest.html
es.com/games/CannonBall/CannonBallTest.html
brad
code follows
***
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe. http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml
com/2006/mxml
layout=absolute creationComplete=buildCircle()
mx:Script
![CDATA[
import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
public var circle:Shape = new Shape();
private function buildCircle():void{
circle.graphics.beginFill(0x99);
circle.graphics.drawCircle(50, 50, 50);
circle.graphics.endFill();
circle.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startAnimation);
this.rawChildren.addChild(circle);
}
private function fadeCircle(event:Event):void{
circle.alpha -= .05;
if (circle.alpha = 0)
{
circle.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fadeCircle);
}
}
private function startAnimation(event:MouseEvent):void{
circle.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fadeCircle);
}
/mx:Script
/mx:Application
--- In flexcod...@yahoogro mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com ups.com,
Nate Beck n...@... wrote:
Tracy beat me to it... but I'm going to send my email as well :).
This is because your code isn't in an event handler. In MXML you can't
have
free-floating script, just like in an ActionScript 3 class, you can't
have
circle.graphics.beginFill(0x99) outside of a method.
I recommend doing the following:
Change your mx:Application tag to read as this:
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml com/2006/mxml layout=absolute
creationComplete=onReady()
Then:
mx:Script
![CDATA[
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
private function onReady():void {
var circle:Sprite = new Sprite();
circle.graphics.beginFill(0x99);
circle.graphics.drawCircle(50, 50, 50);
circle.graphics.endFill();
addChild(circle);
}
]]
/mx:Script
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 1:38 PM, brad.bueche b...@... wrote:
I'm at a loss here. I copied this code straight off the adobe site:
http://livedocs.
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=05_Display_Programm
ing_29.html
adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=05_Display_Programming_29.html
And copied it write into a new mxml project (below) and Flex is throwing
1120 erorrs saying circle is undefined. How can that be?
**
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml com/2006/mxml
layout=absolute
mx:Script
![CDATA[
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
var circle:Sprite = new Sprite();
circle.graphics.beginFill(0x99);
circle.graphics.drawCircle(50, 50, 50);
circle.graphics.endFill();
addChild(circle);
function fadeCircle(event:Event):void{
circle.alpha -= .05;
if (circle.alpha = 0){
circle.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fadeCircle);
}
}
function startAnimation(event:MouseEvent):void{
circle.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fadeCircle);
}
circle.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startAnimation);
]]
/mx:Script
/mx:Application
--
Cheers,
Nate
http://blog. http://blog.natebeck.net natebeck.net
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