Providing an update to an old discussion on this thread...
The author was having a problem migrating an Ant build to Maven. The
solution turned out to be fairly simple. The custom theme (slp-app-theme)
was not being built correctly, so the SWC did not include any of the
necessary CSS or images. Once the theme SWC was correctly built, the custom
theme simply needed to be included as a dependency with the scope 'theme',
and everything worked as expected.
One a broader note...I've seen a number of discussions about themes and it
seems like there is a recurring misunderstanding concerning the Spark theme.
Velo and a few people have touched on the misunderstanding, but most of the
threads were dropped before anyone clarified. Users of Flex/Flash Builder or
those switching from an Ant build seem to have the most difficulty.
In John's posting, he indicated that he was using themes/Spark/spark.css in
his flex-config.xml when using an Ant build. In turn, he interpreted that to
mean that he needed to explicitly include the spark theme as a dependency:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.adobe.flex.framework</groupId>
<artifactId>spark</artifactId>
<version>${flex-version}</version>
<type>swc</type>
<scope>theme</scope>
</dependency>
It seems like a logical assumption; however, the spark swc should not be
included as a theme-dependency in this case. The themes/Spark/spark.css and
the com.adobe.flex.framework:spark:swc:theme are not the same thing. You can
see this for yourself if you compare the themes/Spark/spark.css with the
default.css in the spark.swc. (Note: The themes/Spark/spark.css can be found
in your flex sdk under frameworks. You can look inside any SWC using an
unzip utility -- such as WinZip -- to view the default.css.)
I think the Flex/Flash Builder UI also contributes to this misunderstanding
because it shows projects using the default Spark theme. But again, this
does not mean that you need to include the spark.swc as a theme.
In summary, don't try to include the Spark theme in your maven build just
because your IDE shows the default Spark theme or you reference spark.css in
some other build tool.
I hope I have offered a little clarification and not further muddied the
waters for anyone experiencing theme related problems. I'm not a Flex
developer and have just worked with it enough to transition a large set of
projects to Maven builds and troubleshoot problems, so please feel free to
correct any mistakes or offer more explanation.
On May 11, 4:43 am, Marvin Froeder <[email protected]> wrote:
> This sample you provided me you did use spark.css, but on your tries with
> flexmojos you are using a spark.swc.... why is that?
>
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> Em 10/05/2010 23:50, "John Siegrist" <[email protected]>escreveu:
>
> Hello Velo,
>
> Yes, this is possible. We have a working ant-based built where this is
> in use. Basically, the spark theme is applied first, then only those
> elements of the theme that are redefined by slp-app-theme have the slp-
> app-theme styles and elements applied. The flex-config.xml as relates
> to the theme looks like this:
>
> <theme>
> <file>themes/Spark/spark.css</file>
> <file><absolute_path_to_project>/slp-app-theme.swc</file>
> </theme>
>
> The Adobe Flex compiler docs also state that this is supported. It's
> interesting because it's one of the few things where the order really
> matters (as the last style definition overrides any previous ones):
>
> "You can specify more than one theme file to be applied to the
> application. If there are no overlapping styles, both themes are
> applied completely. The ordering of the theme files is important,
> though. If you specify the same style property in more than one theme
> file, Flex uses the property from the last theme in the list. In the
> following example, style properties in the Wooden.css file take
> precedence, but unique properties in the first two theme files are
> also applied"
>
> http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=styles_12.html
>
> Thanks for your assistance.
>
> Regards,
> John
>
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>
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