RE: [flexcoders] Flash custom components in Flex 2

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:49:21 -0800

Hi... due to changes between the virtual machines in Flash Player 8 and 8.5, there is no cross-compatibility with scripting between the two versions.
 
Until the new AS3-based version of Flash Authoring comes out, we are only supporting a workflow based on non-scripted assets.  You basically will create individual assets in Flash 8, export them in the library with a unique name, and then use Embed in Flex 2 to pull them in.  All scripting needs to be done on the Flex side.  You can either use var-level Embed to have an AS3 class for your asset created for you, or you can use class-level Embed on an appropriate class for the particular asset type you want to use.
 
See the docs on skinning for more details.
 
-rg

From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan Bezuidenhout
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 6:58 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [flexcoders] Flash custom components in Flex 2

Hi everyone,

In the Flex 1.5 docs there was a section on how to make a custom component in Flash and how to export it etc for use in Flex.  I have noticed that this content is missing from the new Flex 2 docs.

Is this not encouraged anymore or have they just not been included?

I have tried to make a swc component using the directions in the old docs. 

I am not very good with Flash at all - but here is what I did:

I am trying something simple - I create a graphic in Flash - in the library, I make the graphic to be a component called Navigator and I have an associated .as class file like this:

class Navigator extends mx.core.UIComponent {
    static var symbolName:String="Navigator";
    static var symbolOwner:Object="Navigator";
    var className:String="Navigator";

    function Navigator() {   
    }

    function init() {
        super.init();
        invalidate();
    }
}

I then export this as a swc and call it Navigator.swc.  I place this swc file in the root of my app - the same place where the mxml files are.  In my main.mxml I then try and instantiate it as <Navigator />

The Flex Builder compiler then says 'Could not resolve <Navigator> to be a component implementation.

Do I need to do anything else?

The end result needs (I guess once I have the basic thing above working) is to have a graphic with a bunch of objects of different shapes that are actually buttons - but they do not look like buttons - they have irregualr edges and I need to be able to disable/enable them from Flex and monitor in Flex when they get clicked etc.

Any idea as to where I am going wrong?

Thanks

Jonathan


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