[flexcoders] Noob - Drag & Drop Help Please

[David Terry]

Hello Everyone,   I really need your help understanding the Drop of the Drag & Drop.  I am trying to ‘drop’ an image from a ‘tileList’ onto a canvas, but I am having issues with creating the child in the canvas.  I am very new to ActiveScript and Flex, and I’m sorry if this has been covered.   Here is the drop code: ----------------------------------   function doDragDrop(event) {           doDragExit(event);           var item = event.dragSource.dataForFormat("product");           Alert.show(item[0], "Alert Box",Alert.OK);                     if (item != undefined) {                    item.mapX = event.target.mouseX - item.mouseInitX;                    item.mapY = event.target.mouseY - item.mouseInitY;           }             cvsPage.createChild(mx.controls.Image,"newTxtFld"+item, {x:'xLoc', y:'yLoc'});   }   ---------------------------------   As you can see, I have taken some sample code and I’m trying to apply it my needs (learning by example), but I have no idea where I am going wrong.  I am having a hard time finding an example of dragging an image from a list and dropping (creating) on a canvas.   Additional Questions ------------------------------ Why am I not getting a value to display in the alert box? What does the dataForFormat(“STRING”) refer to?  Is this just an arbitrary name? ***** dataForFormat( format: String) :  Object format: String - Sting that specifies a label that describes the format for the data to return. This parameter is required. *****   Many thanks for the help in advance.   ~David T.   Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/   To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.