Hey, aren't you on sabbatical? :-) Have fun. -TH
--- In [email protected], Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Read the itemrenderer posts on my blog (blogs.adobe.com/aharui). Renderers get recycled and only enough renderers to display the visible items are created, so using creationCOmplete is rarely useful. > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of pedrocpedroc > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 10:24 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Trying to refine inline itemrenderer prompt to state based image loading > > > Hi, > > Here is the component with the inline item renderer: > > <local:Component > > > <local:itemRenderer> > <mx:Component> <local:imageRend > creationComplete="outerDocument.loadFirstEleven(event.currentTarget);" > click="outerDocument.inView(event.currentTarget);"/> > </mx:Component> > </local:itemRenderer> > > </local:Component> > > Here is the creationComplete triggered function: > > var count55:int=0 > > public function loadFirstEleven(targetObj:Object):void{ > > var target:imageRend = (targetObj as imageRend); > > if( count55 < Math.min(12, model.subscriptions.length ) ){ > > target.currentState = "loading_thumbnail"; > count55++; > } > } > > Which, as expected, changes the state in the first lot of target objects. > > (Changing the state prompts imageRend to start retrieving related > images, and 'loaded' swaps out a placer image with the required one.) > > So far so good, but what I really want to do is load up the first few > images, and then react to user clicks (hence the 'inView' reference) > to load up further images i.e. 13 onwards. > > I have tried traversing, using the objects parent property, and then > getChildAt/getChildIndex combinations, as a basis for finding the > current position + 12, but I am just guessing and its getting me nowhere. > > Thanks for any help in advance. >
