Hi Tracey, Thanks for your response.
> So you have a browser hosting the Flash Player, running a Flex app > that contains a SWFLoader that loads a Flash SWF. Sorry, I should have been more specific: I'm developing an AIR application. The SWFLoader is used to hold Flash content that's used as an animated background for the app's main window. In some cases I do use TitleWindows as dialogs for collecting and displaying information and in other cases I use Canvas-based components as direct children of the main window. With respect to the problem I'm describing here, I'm trying to display Flex content so that it appears to be completely integrated with the Flash background. > Is the Flex framework available from within the Flash SWF? No. I do hook and receive events from the Flash SWF as well as control various animations but that's all done from Flex. > Also, > UIComponent is not a container and will not do any automatic sizing or > layout of the content. You will have to do that yourself. That means > implementing the lifecycle, layout and measurement functionality. Say > again why you want to do this? I'm not saying it is bad, just trying to > be sure you have a god reason. One of the issues I've experienced in trying to get this to work is runtime errors that claim the Flex content I'm trying to set on the ContainerMovieClip (in Flash) isn't a UIComponent (or doesn't implement IUIComponent). As I understand it, the ContainerMovieClip is supposed to be able to hold a single Flex child, which can then hold additional children. Ultimately I wouldn't use a UIComponent - I was just trying to make sure that the ContainerMovieClip instance in Flash didn't have a valid claim that I wasn't passing in a UIComponent ;) > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of specdout > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 12:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Populating a Flex Container in Flash > > > > Does anyone else have any thoughts on this problem? > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > , "specdout" <raturne@> wrote: > > > > Thanks for your reply, Paul. > > > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Paul Andrews" <paul@> wrote: > > > > > > Does anything get added to the display list? > > When the example code executes I do see the FlexContentHolder symbol > > (<Fx>) on the display where I would expect it to be, i.e. positioned > > where I would expect, with the dimensions I would expect, so I think > > it's already on the DisplayList. As well, I can make it invisible if > > I want, so it does appear to be available and active - it's just the > > Flex content that doesn't show. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "specdout" <raturne@> > > > To: <[email protected] > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 5:42 PM > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Populating a Flex Container in Flash > > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > I'm currently developing a Flex application that loads a Flash > SWF for > > > > use as a background image. In other words, the app's main window > has > > > > as its first child a SWFLoader component into which I've loaded > a SWF > > > > developed in Flash. So far, so good. > > > > > > > > Now, rather than open up dialogs or create direct child windows > of the > > > > main window, I want to host Flex content within the Flash SWF > itself. > > > > I installed the Flex Component Kit in my Flash CS3 environment and > > > > proceeded to created a MovieClip symbol that contains a > > > > FlexContentHolder. From Flex, I can access the symbol and set Flex > > > > content on that symbol but the Flex content never appears. An > example > > > > of how I've attempted to do this is as follows: > > > > > > > > // get a reference to the Flex Content MovieClip > > > > var swf:MovieClip = _swfLoader.content as MovieClip; > > > > var fc:Object = swf["flexContainer"]; > > > > > > > > // create some Flex content to display > > > > var button:Button = new Button(); > > > > button.width = 200; > > > > button.height = 100; > > > > button.label = "Click me!"; > > > > > > > > // create a top-level container for the Flex content > > > > var uiComponent:UIComponent = new UIComponent(); > > > > uiComponent.width = fc.width; > > > > uiComponent.height = fc.height; > > > > uiComponent.alpha = 1.0; > > > > uiComponent.addChild(button); > > > > uiComponent.visible = true; > > > > > > > > fc.content = uiComponent; > > > > > > > > Am I doing something wrong here? Conceptually, am I on the right > > > > track? In other words, should what I'm trying to do be possible? > I'd > > > > appreciate any help or insight anyone might be able to offer. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > > > FAQ: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt> > > > > Alternative FAQ location: > > > > > > > https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf- > 1e62079f6847 > <https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf > -1e62079f6847> > > > > Search Archives: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo > <http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo> ! > Groups > > > > Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
