hmm...I thought that my mx:Canvas line did instantiate, and that the script within the canvas tag's essentially overrode the updateDisplayList function.
Thanks for clearing this up. --- In [email protected], "valdhor" <valdhorli...@...> wrote: > > The function never runs. > > AFAIK you need to add this to a component implementation and then > instantiate the component. Something like this... > > MyComponent.as: > package > { > import mx.core.UIComponent; > > public class MyComponent extends UIComponent > { > public function MyComponent() > { > super(); > } > > override protected function > updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number, unscaledHeight:Number):void > { > super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight); > > graphics.clear(); > > graphics.beginFill(0xD3D3D3); > graphics.drawRect(0, unscaledHeight/3, unscaledWidth, 2 * > unscaledHeight/3); > graphics.drawRect(0, 0, unscaledWidth,unscaledHeight); > graphics.endFill(); > > graphics.moveTo(0, 15); > graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xFF0000); > graphics.lineTo(50, 15); > } > } > } > > Now instantiate it... > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > layout="absolute" xmlns:MyComps="*"> > <MyComps:MyComponent x="100" y="100"/> > </mx:Application> > > > --- In [email protected], "gmoniey22" <gmoniey22@> wrote: > > > > I'm sure its something stupid, but I cant figure out why this doesnt > draw anything. > > > > I followed the example found here: > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/2/docs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.\ > htm?context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=00001738.html > > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > layout="absolute"> > > <mx:Canvas height="75" width="100"> > > <mx:Script> > > <![CDATA[ > > protected override function > updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number, unscaledHeight:Number):void { > > super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight); > > graphics.clear(); > > > > graphics.beginFill(0xD3D3D3); > > //graphics.drawRect(0, unscaledHeight/3, unscaledWidth, 2 * > unscaledHeight/3); > > graphics.drawRect(0, 0, unscaledWidth,unscaledHeight); > > graphics.endFill(); > > > > graphics.moveTo(0, 15); > > graphics.lineStyle(1, 0xFF0000); > > graphics.lineTo(50, 15); > > } > > ]]> > > </mx:Script> > > </mx:Canvas> > > </mx:Application> > > >
