Sounds like a great preso Clarke could do on his discoveries.
Precia On 2/14/07, Douglas Knudsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Although I can't address this directly, I will add that a preso on custom component making would be scwheet. DK On 2/14/07, Clarke Bishop < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, I got that just using the PopUpManager and a Panel is probably the > easiest plan. > > But, I want to learn something new! So, I waded through the code for > Alert.as <http://alert.as/> and AlertForm.as using the debugger. > AlertForm has the text box that's giving me trouble, and it goes through a > calculation that looks at the number and size of buttons along with the > width of the title. From that, it calculates the width of the text box. It > looks like the minimum width is about 250 pixels -- A problem since my whole > movie is only 225 pixels wide! > > So, shouldn't I be able to subclass the Alert class to get the behavior > I want. I know this will be more work, but remember, I'm trying to learn > something. > > If all the code was in one class, I think I could just override the > method that's calculating the text width. But with two classes, I'm > confused. Alert.as <http://alert.as/> instantiates AlertForm.as. So, > here are my questions: > > - I think I have to have two new classes -- Right? > > - The constructor for Alert creates an instance of AlertForm. So, I have > to override the constructor for Alert in my new AlertSmall class, and have > it instantiate my new AlertFormSmall class. > > - Then I have to override the textwidth method in AlertForm with my new > one in AlertFormSmall. > > - I'm I thinking about this correctly? Am I missing something? Is there > an easier way? > > Thanks to all! > > Clarke > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in > the subject line > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com/> > ------------------------------------------------------------- -- Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it? ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in the subject line For more info, see http://www.affug.com Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com/> -------------------------------------------------------------
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