Issue 1: It looks like you want to create a Flex button. If so, you want mx.controls.Button, not mx.core.ButtonAsset. But you can't take a Flex Button and have it work inside a plain old Sprite, which is what a pure ActionScript-based app is. Flex is an application framework, and Flex controls expect to be inside of Flex containers. So you have to start by creating, in MXML, an <mx:Application> or an <s:Application>. Once you have that, you can do everything else in AS rather than MXML if you really don't like MXML. But it's a lot easier to just write <mx:Button>.
Issue 2: Again, it looks like your problem is that you're expecting Flex controls to work inside of pure ActionScript apps. Gordon Smith Adobe Flex SDK Team From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of dennis Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 12:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] 2 strange issues for begginer in action script ref Hello... I am new to action script and I am (pretty) confused... so any help is valuable!!! --- issue 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have the follow code... and I get blank page... nothing is appeared on the stage at all!!! For god's sake, what is wrong? package { import flash.display.Sprite; import mx.core.ButtonAsset; public class ASProject2 extends Sprite { public function ASProject2() { var mb: ButtonAsset = new ButtonAsset(); mb.x=100; mb.y=100; mb.width=200; addChild(mb); } } } --- issue 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Which button is the more simple button to use? I found the spark components button is the component that Flash Builder uses if you write in mxml language. So I add the folder to my project's libraries paths, in precise I added as SWC folder the follow folder: c:\Program Files\Adobe\Flash Builder Beta\sdks\4.0.0\frameworks\projects\flex4\src\spark\components\ Here is the (very simple) code (with compiler's errors): package { import flash.display.Sprite; import spark.components.Button; // <- compile time error: 1172: Definition spark.components:Button could not be found. public class ASProjectInFB4 extends Sprite { public function ASProjectInFB4() { var ab : Button = new Button(); // <- compile time error: 1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: Button. ab.x=10; ab.y=10; ab.width=200; ab.height=100; ab.enabled=true; addChild(ab); } } } The problem (as you see) are the two compiler errors. Now... if get the cursor on "Button" text in my code and I press the F3 the Flash Builder transfers me to the declaration of Button class in the proper Button.as file! So I suppose that my definition in my preceding code is correct. If I remove the the SWC folder from the libraries of my project, the F3 buttons doesn't transfer me anywhere, so the SWC folder definition is working too... What is wrong? Best regards Dennis
