It is the ButtonSkin that is throwing the error. Usually this is because it has been squeezed too much. If the Container’s width computes to 0, then the layout padding will compute the button’s width as a negative number.
On 6/10/10 9:36 AM, "Wally Kolcz" <[email protected]> wrote: If you are referring to the Container Skin, its just a stock skin template with the color changed to black. Remove the button and the error does not happen and the app runs fine with nice black area, semi transparent. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated All Rights Reserved. NOTICE: Adobe permits you to use, modify, and distribute this file in accordance with the terms of the license agreement accompanying it. --> <!--- The default skin class for a Spark SkinnableContainer container. @see spark.components.SkinnableContainer @langversion 3.0 @playerversion Flash 10 @playerversion AIR 1.5 @productversion Flex 4 --> <s:Skin xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" xmlns:fb="http://ns.adobe.com/flashbuilder/2009" alpha.disabled="0.5"> <fx:Metadata> <![CDATA[ /** * @copy spark.skins.spark.ApplicationSkin#hostComponent */ [HostComponent("spark.components.SkinnableContainer")] ]]> </fx:Metadata> <s:states> <s:State name="normal" /> <s:State name="disabled" /> </s:states> <!--- Defines the appearance of the SkinnableContainer class's background. --> <s:Rect id="background" left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0"> <s:fill> <!--- @private --> <s:SolidColor id="bgFill" color="#000000" alpha=".5"/> </s:fill> </s:Rect> <!-- Note: setting the minimum size to 0 here so that changes to the host component's size will not be thwarted by this skin part's minimum size. This is a compromise, more about it here: http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-21143 --> <!--- @copy spark.components.SkinnableContainer#contentGroup --> <s:Group id="contentGroup" left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0" minWidth="0" minHeight="0"> <s:layout> <s:BasicLayout/> </s:layout> </s:Group> </s:Skin> -- Alex Harui Flex SDK Team Adobe System, Inc. http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui

