You might look at mx:RadioButtonGroup as an example of a non-visual component that contains visual sub-components.
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/mx/controls/RadioButtonGroup.html Although after reading the API description it sounds like it might have a special relationship with the compiler. Fwiw. Tim On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 7:31 PM, aceoohay <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am trying to work with what looks like a decent footer datagrid component > from http://code.seanhess.net/?p=17&cpage=2#comment-3502 > > I runs quite nicely, but wreaks havoc on flexbuilder 3. The demo when > edited in design mode of FB3 will not allow the selection of anything but > the footer component, and that piece it claims is "not a visual component" > which I am sure it is not. If I comment > > It seems as though the "footer" sub-component is defined using a > setter/getter. > > I suspect the footer sub-component is similar to the "columns" > sub-component of the datagrid, in that it isn't itself a visual component, > but can contain them. I further suspect that it is not defined correctly, > and may need metadata or something to tell FB3 how to deal with it. > > Anybody with any ideas on how to modify this component to work & play well > with FB3? > > Or general pointers on how to create a non visual sub-component that > contains visual sub-components? > > I have looked at and used the Alex Harui's footer grid, and the syntax is > cumbersome and counter intuitive and a bit dodgy in some aspects. I seen the > derivative works but they use the same syntax. > > Paul > > >
