I don't quite understand this solution. Mind showing a more complete
code example? thanks
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Kelly Birr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I found my problem. It appears that the menu cannot bind to static
vars for
> images. I solved the problem by specifying
> { public const myMenuIcon:Class = GlobalIcons.MyCoolIcon; } where
> GlobalIcons.MyCoolIcon is declared exactly as below. Then pout the local
> name "myMenuIcon" in the @icon field of the xml.
>
> - Kelly
>
> _____
>
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Kelly Birr
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 4:26 PM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Icons in menu - not working
>
>
> I've been racking my brain trying to get icons in the menu bar. I
think I'm
> doing exactly what the docs say but I cannot get any icon to render.
The
> label and actions work perfectly but the icon does not show up. The
icon is
> embedding properly as I can see it in the "icon" property of a
button in the
> same file. I've also tried putting the path to the icon file in the
xml, no
> joy.
>
> My Menu XML Is:
> <menu>
> <menuitem label="File">
> <menuitem label="Open" data="File!Open" />
> <menuitem type="separator" />
> <menuitem label="Exit" data="File!Exit" icon="exitOn" />
> </menuitem>
> </menu>
>
> My MXML is:
> <mx:Script>
> <![CDATA[
> [Embed(source="images/icons/iconExitOn.gif")]
> public static const exitOn:Class;
> ]]>
> </mx:Script>
>
> <mx:MenuBar id="menu" width="100%" x="0" y="0" height="27"
> dataProvider="{menuXml}" showRoot="false"
> cornerRadius="3" itemClick="menuHandler(event)" labelField="@label"
> iconField="@icon" />
>
>
> I cannot find any samples anywhere with icons in the menu, Is this
still
> supported? Can anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong? I am using
Flex 2.0
> RTM
>
> - Kelly
>
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