Hi Dirk,
I thought something like that was going to be the answer, but it's great
to have it laid out step by step - thanks! I guess if I was trying to
formulate a feature request for a later release it might be that we
could edit the class code that Flex generates from an MXML file... kind
of a round trip feature...
Thanks again,
-Brian
Dirk Eismann wrote:
>Hi Brian,
>
>not directly, but you could solve it this way:
>
>1) Define a MXML component that describes the layout etc.
>(MyComponent.mxml)
>2) Create your a Mediator (or Helper) class in ActionScript
>(MyComponentHelper.as)
>3) define a public var view of type MyComponent inside MyComponentHelper
>(or use interfaces to make it more generic)
>3) instantiate MyComponentHelper inside MyComponent and pass a reference
>to MyComponent to it
>
> <-- pseudo code for MyComponent -->
> <mx:HBox>
>
> <helper:MyComponentHelper view="{this}" />
>
> <mx:Button id="button" label="Hello"/>
> ...
>
> </mx:HBox>
>
>4) because view is just a reference to MyComponent you are save to do
>view.button.label = "Yo!" from inside MyComponentHelper
>
>Dirk.
>
>
>
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>>To: [email protected]
>>Subject: [flexcoders] Flex / OOP custom component coding question
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>>Hi,
>>In Flash I can create a class that is associated with a Movie
>>Clip in the library. The clip can contain UI Components and
>>acts as a "form"
>>within the application. To refer to the form elements within
>>the clip I just need to declare them in the class. It seems
>>cleaner than placing functions on the clip's timeline. When I
>>create a new form-like component in Flex is there a way to do
>>something similar without including all the code in a script
>>tag AND still get the benefit of using MXML to provide all
>>the subcomponents like TextInputs and Buttons?
>>Primarily, I want the class to play the role of Mediator
>>within the form. (Mediator pattern.) My apologies if this is
>>in the docs or I missed it looking back through the mailing
>>list posts.
>>Yours truly,
>>-Brian
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