All of that makes sense. Thank you for the explanation, -TH
--- In [email protected], "Jeremy Lu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hey, so you are the one visiting today ... :-) > > Susan and I (and two other engineers) work together on this project, she's > the graphic designer doing all front/back end user interface design. > > The red errorMessage shown on startup is indeed just a "toolTip" property on > "new doc" button, but I manually dispatch a roll-over event for that button > and forced ToolTipManager to show the tip immidately. > > After the message was shown, I changed the "toolTip" for "new doc" button > back to normal message ("click here to create a new document"), so next time > when user rollover the button it won't display a red errorMessage again. > > As to the notion of "Self-guided application", yes, I believe it's very > do-able, one can even implement a "GuideManager" to sequence the time and > places > where tips should be displayed, there are infinite possibilities with Flex 2 > :-) > > > Jeremy. > > > On 6/27/06, Tim Hoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Susan Song or Jeremy Lu, > > > > I liked the RiaNotes <http://ria.richtechmedia.com/rianotes/App.swf> entry > > in the Developer Derby Showcase<http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Showcase:Flex_Developer _Derby> > > . The MDI approach has generated new ideas. For the min/max/close > > buttons, it looks like you extended Panel. Or maybe you went further up. > > I was wondering how you went about displaying the errorMessage at startup. > > Showing and hiding a message like that would be a good technique for a > > self-guided application. Care to share? > > > > Sincerely, > > Tim Hoff > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
