No luck - I also tried using the swf of the object with the mask in another mxml file.. the problem is that the white mask is not transparent.
It seems as though wherever the mask is created, it won't move from there. >From what I've been able to find, when a mask is applied it is not added to the display list, so you cannot access it like you would a normal object. The post I found mentioned using an event listener on the mask, but that's pretty vague. --- In [email protected], Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Normally, I make sure the mask and the object have the same parent and the parent gets dragged. Wrap everything in another UIComponent. > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jayson > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] dragging an object with a mask > > > I have a UIComponent("snowGlobe") with a mask applied. Using the > UIComponent I drew a circle and added it to the application. I then > applied a circular Sprite mask("msk"). This works perfectly. Now > whenever an object is moved outside of the UIComponent it is not > displayed(ie. snow in a snowglobe). > > I run into trouble when I try to drag the UIComponent. When I do this, > the UIComponent, and its children, drag, but the Sprite I have set as > a mask does not. If I call .startDrag() on the mask at the same time I > do on the UIComponent, it doesn't allow me to drag anymore. > > I have tried things like this.. > BindingUtils.bindProperty(msk,'x',snowGlobe,'x'); > BindingUtils.bindProperty(msk,'y',snowGlobe,'y'); > > but that doesn't seem to do anything. > > Can anyone help me out with being able to drag a UIComponent and its > mask at the same time? > > I thought I should be able to remove and reapply the mask as the > component is dragging, but I'm not sure where to do that at, or how to > get the x and y values of the component being dragged. > > Any insight is greatly appreciated. > > Thank you! >
