Re: [flexcoders] Flex arrows?

[JesterXL]

My guess is that was done for filesize reasons.  The resulting SWF is smaller since ActionScript bytecode is a lot smaller via lzw compression than a PNG/GIF via the same.  While the drawing is more CPU intensive, you cut corners for filesize where you can, and I understand their justification.     ----- Original Message ----- From: Douglas Knudsen To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 11:27 AM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex arrows? update...had some pressing issues.  looking at \frameworks\source\mx\skins\halo\DateChooserMonthArrowSkin.as looks like this thing does not even use a graphic at all.  Code in there actually draws the arrows!  I suppose this way screen scaling is a non-issue.  DK On 7/20/06, Douglas Knudsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: right, but I really don't want to creat a new skin, I want ot use the existing skin so that it inherits all the Halo goodness, eh?  I still have not got this working yet.  Looking deeper into the source for the DateChooser and the DateChoser skin I have found that the code actually draws the arrow.  The DateChooser code adds styles like prevMonthOverSkin and nextMonthOverSkin with default values.  These styles names are expected in teh programmatic skin and do not exist in the Button class.  So Jester, me got brave...not so brave as Mel Gibson mind you, I like me entrails! This is a excerpt: fwdMonthButton = new Button();             fwdMonthButton.styleName = this;             fwdMonthButton.autoRepeat = true;             fwdMonthButton.focusEnabled = false;             fwdMonthButton.upSkinName = "nextMonthUpSkin";             fwdMonthButton.overSkinName = "nextMonthOverSkin";             fwdMonthButton.downSkinName = "nextMonthDownSkin";             fwdMonthButton.disabledSkinName = "nextMonthDisabledSkin"; ugh where does Button.upSkinName come from?  Its not in th edocs that i can see. DK On 7/20/06, juan sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: download the default skin here. http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/flex_skins.html On Jul 20, 2006, at 7:56 AM, Douglas Knudsen wrote: no workie....hope jester's bag of tricks is deep!  I looked around the Flex SDK source and see no arrow pngs at all, many other pngs though.  My guess is the arrows are compiled in a swc somewheres, which means they should be 'grabable' eh?  Be nice to use any graphics in the SDK in custom components to maintain the 'Flexiness', eh? What I'm trying to do is create a next/previous month browser.  We have reports that users run on a month end basis, the datechoser is really not the right tool for this.  I'm just using mxml to do this currently...suppose I will have to go off and lear the way of the force for building components soon. DK On 7/19/06, JesterXL < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hrm... try:   <mx:Button click="onPrev()" upSkin="mx.skins.halo.DateChooserMonthArrowSkin" />   If that doesn't work, I have more ideas.   The skin is already imported in the defaults.css , so she IS in there.   ----- Original Message ----- From: Douglas Knudsen To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 4:00 PM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex arrows? hmm, ok, I'm lost when it comes to fancy UI stuff  :)  How do you make use of this? <mx:Button  click="onPrev()"         upSkin="DateChooserMonthArrowSkin" /> throws a def not found error.  Do I import the sckin somehow? DK On 7/19/06, JesterXL < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Found these digging in DateChooser.as.  I'm assuming these skins are compiled into the base framework.  Try using like DateChooserMonthArrowSkin as one of your upSkins and see what happens.    *    nextMonthDisabledSkin="DateChooserMonthArrowSkin"  *    nextMonthDownSkin="DateChooserMonthArrowSkin"  *    nextMonthOverSkin="DateChooserMonthArrowSkin"  *    nextMonthUpSkin="DateChooserMonthArrowSkin"  *    nextYearDisabledSkin="DateChooserYearArrowSkin"  *    nextYearDownSkin="DateChooserYearArrowSkin"  *    nextYearOverSkin="DateChooserYearArrowSkin"  *    nextYearUpSkin="DateChooserYearArrowSkin"  *    prevMonthDisabledSkin="DateChooserMonthArrowSkin"  *    prevMonthDownSkin="DateChooserMonthArrowSkin"  *    prevMonthOverSkin="DateChooserMonthArrowSkin"  *    prevMonthUpSkin="DateChooserMonthArrowSkin"  *    prevYearDisabledSkin="DateChooserYearArrowSkin"  *    prevYearDownSkin="DateChooserYearArrowSkin"  *    prevYearOverSkin="DateChooserYearArrowSkin"  *    prevYearUpSkin="DateChooserYearArrowSkin"     ----- Original Message ----- From: Douglas Knudsen To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 3:19 PM Subject: [flexcoders] Flex arrows? So, I'm creating a custom component with next/previous functionality.  I'd like to use the same arrows on say the DateChooser control.  Are these avaialbale to the developer somehow? DK -- Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it? -- Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it? -- Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it? -- Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it? -- Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it? __._,_.___ -- 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  Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___