This is not for Flex, this is straight AS3 and using the IDE to generate the SWC. I am subclassing Sprite.
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Merrill, Jason < [email protected]> wrote: > I was asking about the required method overrides for AS3 components in > Flex to do some similar things, and Muzak posted this here back on Feb > 2nd - even if you're not using Flex, much of this is likely still > relevant. Unfortunately, Adobe doesn't really have great documentation > on this: > > Flexcoders can be a bit overwhelming and posts get lost in the masses. > Try FlexComponents on yahoo instead for component related posts. > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcomponents/ > > Does this have the information you need? > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=ascomponents_adv > anced_1.html > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/ascomponents_advanced_3.html#21410 > 4 > > Here's a summary from the docs: > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/ascomponents_advanced_2.html#21977 > 9 > > <quote> > > To implement your component, follow these general steps: > > 1. If necessary, create any skins for the component. > 2. Create an ActionScript class file. > 1. Extend one of the base classes, such as UIComponent or > another component class. > 2. Specify properties that the user can set by using an MXML > tag property. > 3. Embed any graphic and skin files. > 4. Implement the constructor. > 5. Implement the UIComponent.createChildren() method. > 6. Implement the UIComponent.commitProperties() method. > 7. Implement the UIComponent.measure() method. > 8. Implement the UIComponent.layoutChrome() method. > 9. Implement the UIComponent.updateDisplayList() method. > 10. Add properties, methods, styles, events, and metadata. > 3. Deploy the component as an ActionScript file or as a SWC file. > > </quote> > > regards, > Muzak > > > Jason Merrill > > Bank of America | Learning Performance Solutions Instructional > Technology & Media > > Monthly meetings on the Adobe Flash platform for rich media experiences > - join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- http://ericd.net Interactive design and development _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
