RE: [flexcoders] Combining graphic and programmatic themes - a better way?

[Jim Phelan]

Brian, thanks for the response.   I found that in “About theme limitations” at http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/15/flex_docs_en/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=Flex_Documentation&file=00000577.htm   I tried adding the skin through Flash authoring by attaching the class to a symbol in the usual way, but it did not work out. I got some compiler errors (since I was referencing some container classes that aren’t included in the flexforflash library) and ran SWCRepair, but the theme didn’t take effect. Flash also generated a ton of ASI’s for every dependent class of the class I subclassed, increasing the swc file size pretty dramatically. I’m not sure if exclude.xml will work when exporting a component, or if there might be a better way of accomplishing this.   I later realized that simply referencing the class name anywhere in AS makes the theme work just fine, so this is a satisfactory solution for now. I assume I could add it to a RSL as well.   How would one add the swf skin using compc? I didn’t spend much time on it, but I couldn’t find a way to add swf’s to swc’s using compc. Perhaps there is a way to add classes to an already created swc?   Best,   Jim   From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Brian Deitte Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 10:34 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Combining graphic and programmatic themes - a better way?   Hi Jim, that's a pretty interesting solution that technically should work, but the catalog.xml has many exceptions, caveats, and magical properties.  I would suggest staying away from it if you can.  Did you try just adding both the programmatic and graphical skins to the SWC (through compc or Flash Authoring)?  I don't see any real reason why you cannot add both of these to a SWC file.  Can you tell me where this is in the documentation?  Thanks, Brian   From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Phelan Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 1:17 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Combining graphic and programmatic themes - a better way? Hi all,   I’m new to the list and somewhat new to Flex development.   I found this in the Macromedia documentation: You cannot combine both programmatic skins and graphical skins in a single SWC file.   After toying with it for a while, I found that by manually editing the catalog.xml file in the swc and adding my swf of graphical elements manually, I was able to accomplish what I wanted. Is there a more streamlined solution to this? Has anyone created a utility to automate this? If not, is there an interest in such a utility?   Best,     -- Jim Phelan VP of Development Stream57, LLC 462 7th Ave Suite 401 New York, NY 10018 --   -- 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 Web site design development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.