Hi, Searched the forum but cannot find an answer to my problem. Please look at the code and offer some advice.
My code is called Highlight.mxml if I put it in a normal VBox container and call setText it sizes correctly. If I create it as a child in my own component which extends UIComponent, I cannot get it to size at all, its always width = 0 even though I do see measuredWidth reported correctly. I wanted this component to size itself based on what is inside the textfield. So if it is a child of my component I still would like it to be the size of the text. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Canvas xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; creationComplete="creationComplete()" backgroundColor="0xffffff" borderColor="0x628297" borderThickness="1" borderStyle="solid"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import flash.filters.DropShadowFilter; private var str:String; private function creationComplete():void { this.filters = [new DropShadowFilter(4, 45, 0x333333, 0.5) ]; } override protected function commitProperties():void { super.commitProperties(); txt.text = this.str; invalidateSize(); invalidateDisplayList(); } override protected function measure():void { super.measure(); measuredWidth = measuredMinWidth = txt.getExplicitOrMeasuredWidth(); measuredHeight = measuredMinHeight = txt.getExplicitOrMeasuredHeight(); } override protected function updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number, unscaledHeight:Number):void { super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight); //this.setActualSize(txt.width, txt.height); } public function setText(str:String):void { this.str = str; invalidateProperties(); } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Label id="txt" text="100" color="0x000000"/> </mx:Canvas>
