Hi, Your looking at the problem wrong. You never assign an instance to a Class variable type. You need to create another variable at the class level to hold the new instances that are type Image.
functiontoGetImage() are you returning an instance or a Class to instantiate? Mike On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 2:05 PM, flexaustin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry I should have been more specific. > > [Bindable] > public var myImage:Class; > > myImage = functiontoGetImage(someparam); //obtained via CSS > > [Embed(source="ui/nicePngImage.png")] > myImage.width = 10; // no code hinting for height for type Class. > myImage.height = 10; // no code hinting for width for type Class. > or > myImage.scaleX = .2; > myImage.scaleY = .2; > //if I size them anyway I get no errors but then nothing happens. > > the trick is, from my implementation is, you eventually have to do > something like this. > > DisplayObject(displayIconObject).height = 10; > DisplayObject(displayIconObject).width = 10; > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Michael > Schmalle" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > It's more like you have to create an instance. > > > > The Class is an actionscript type like Boolean or String. This is like > > asking can you write Boolean.value = true; > > > > Try; > > > > override protected function createChildren():void > > { > > super.createChildren(); > > instance = new myIcon(); > > instance.width = 25; > > addChild(instance); > > } > > > > Mike > > > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:20 AM, florian.salihovic < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Why don't u want to create an instance? > > > > > > --- In [email protected] > > > <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><flexcoders% > 40yahoogroups.com>, > > > "flexaustin" <flexaustin@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Is it possible to resize a Class file? Say you embed a swf or > png. Can > > > > you then resize it by casting is as something else? > > > > > > > > [Bindable] > > > > [Embed(source="ui/nicePngImage.png")] > > > > static public var myIcon:Class; > > > > myIcon.width = 30; // won't work > > > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Teoti Graphix, LLC > > http://www.teotigraphix.com > > > > Teoti Graphix Blog > > http://www.blog.teotigraphix.com > > > > You can find more by solving the problem then by 'asking the question'. > > > > > -- Teoti Graphix, LLC http://www.teotigraphix.com Teoti Graphix Blog http://www.blog.teotigraphix.com You can find more by solving the problem then by 'asking the question'.
