Thanks, Matt. I was able to do /main/assets. I wish that I could build that string using a constant (i.e. IMAGE_ROOT) instead of revealing directory structure for embedded images, but at least there is a work around.
On 8/1/05, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sorry, the image embedding is going to be relative from the main file. You > MIGHT be able to do /assets (starting slash) but we do not have a search > path for image locations I think. > > > ________________________________ > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jaime Bermudez > Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 8:58 AM > > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] namespace/directory structure issue > > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] namespace/directory structure issue > > > > > > Still waiting for ideas on an approach, but I thought I'd set up the > problem a little better: > > Here's the developer directory structure for my project: > > >main > app.mxml > >as > app.as > appTest.as > >assets (images, etc.) > >components > >test > >test1 > test1.mxml > >as > Components.as > >test2 > test2.mxml > >as > Components.as > > I added the following path-element to the actionscript-classpath in > flex-config.xml: > <path-element>/main</path-element> so I can use the same > namespace > declarations in test1.mxml as I use in app.mxml. I reference > appTest.as in a Script block as <Script source="../../as/appTest.as">. > The appTest.as refers to the Components class, which I import in each > test"X".mxml file. > > The problem I'm seeing is that a handful of components have embedded > image files that are referenced in a source or icon parameter as > "assets/image.xxx". I'm pretty sure that these are all paths relative > to the location of the app file being called, so the references are > only being found for app.mxml. Is my only and best option to define > some image root variable at the app level that I can prepend to each > image call (thereby forcing me to check-out and change every class > that embeds images)? Is there a standard approach to this problem? > > Thanks. > > > On 8/1/05, Jaime Bermudez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok guys, so w/ Brian's suggestion I was able to get the compiler to > > recognize the namespaces w/o changing the initial structure. I'm more > > than halfway there, but I still get some issues w/ image locations. > > Several components have embedded images that are located in an > > "assets" directory one level below the "main" directory. So, for > > example, one component contains a Link w/ > > icon="@Embed('assets/logo.swf')". This compiles fine for > the main > > app.mxml, but I get a "resource not found" error when trying to hit > > one of the test apps. Do I have to create a variable at the app level > > that prepends a prefix like "../../" for test apps and a blank string > > for the main level app? Is there a better way to handle this, maybe a > > default image root property? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jaime > > > > On 7/31/05, Brian Deitte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think what Matt was saying is having the components directory a level > deeper and then referencing this directory in actionscript-classpath in > flex-config.xml. You should be able to create references to components in > any directory you put in actionscript-classpath in the same manner that you > reference components in a subdirectory of the main application. I don't > think you necessarily need to move the components directory though- I think > it would also work to just put the main directory in actionscript-classpath. > -Brian > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jaime Bermudez > > > Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 11:17 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] namespace/directory structure issue > > > > > > Ok, so I think what you're suggesting is to restructure to something > > > like the following: > > > > > > main > > > as > > > components > > > UI > > > test > > > test1 > > > components > > > comp1 > > > test2 > > > components > > > comp2 > > > > > > If so, that kind of ruins my approach of dynamically adding components > > > to a Container in each test"X"mxml. I wanted to follow the approach > > > of having each test1...testN directory define a Components.as file > > > that lists the component references from the components directory that > > > will be added to the Container - that way I could share an appTest.as > > > file across each test"X"mxml declaration. > > > > > > In any case, there is still the question of code changes and > > > check-ins. How would I keep comp1, for example, in synch w/ comp1 in > > > the main branch? Is there a way to make the components directories > > > under each testN directory a pointer to the main components directory? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Jaime > > > > > > > > > On 7/30/05, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think what you're gonna need to do is create a different root > directory > > > > and then add it to your classpath in flex-config.xml. Put all the > > > > components in that directory (create whatever subdirectories you > desire). > > > > Since you have the test directory it cannot easily refer to components > in a > > > > parallel directory unless the main MXML file is in main. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > > > Behalf Of Jaime Bermudez > > > > Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 5:23 PM > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: [flexcoders] namespace/directory structure issue > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Flexcoders, > > > > > > > > I am working on a rather large FLEX app w/ a directory structure that > > > > looks like this: > > > > > > > > main > > > > as > > > > components > > > > UI > > > > ... > > > > test > > > > test1 > > > > > > > > the main directory contains the project's app.mxml, which has custom > > > > namespace declarations like xmlns:cc = "components.UI.*", etc. That > > > > works just fine b/c the components and as directories are below the > > > > app directory. > > > > > > > > Because of the size of the app, I created the "test" directory above, > > > > which I hope will contain subdirectories of test applications to make > > > > development compilation quicker (i.e. app.mxml may have 20 components > > > > from the "components" directory, but test1.mxml will have just 1). > > > > The reason I created a "test" directory is so that it can be easily > > > > excluded from a production build. Anyway, in each test"X".mxml file, > > > > I need to be able to refer to components in the "components" > directory > > > > in an Application tag. Is there an easy way I can do this w/o having > > > > to make SWC files? Note that the components directory is often > > > > updated, so having to compile a SWC is not ideal. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Jaime > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > > > FAQ: > > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > > > Search Archives: > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > > > > Computer software testing Macromedia flex Development > > > > Software developer > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > YAHOO! 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