RE: [flexcoders] specifying measuredWidth/measuredHeight in a skin

[Brian Deitte]

Hmm, so everything else I've sent recently has been posted, so I'll try to resend this.  I know that flexcoders can have a slow posting time for some people (which now seems to include me), but it's been a day.  If that's now normal, someone just let me know.  Thanks, Brian From: Brian Deitte Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 4:25 PM To: 'flexcoders@yahoogroups.com' Subject: RE: [flexcoders] specifying measuredWidth/measuredHeight in a skin Hi Mike, thanks for the response.  I do have a solution now, based on Dirk's example (http://www.richinternet.de/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=ADD4FDD1-9B48-BFBC-2A70F3C57EBC6892), but I would be interested in knowing what I was doing wrong.  I was doing something I saw in the framework for Application, and subclassing ProgrammaticSkin and using it in CSS as a background-image.  The skin would have to have the measuredWidth/measuredHeight, as previously mentioned, and here's the a simplified version of the updateDisplayList() method:     override protected function updateDisplayList(w:Number, h:Number):void   {     super.updateDisplayList(w, h);     // FIXME: override Application to add styles for all values below, then getStyle() for each     // one and set in CSS     var g:Graphics = graphics;     g.clear();     // set width and height to dimensions we want for this gradient     w = 916;     h = 16;     var fillColors:Array = [0xF7F7F7, 0xD5D5D5];     var fillAlphas:Array = [1, 1];             drawRoundRect(x, y, w, h, null, fillColors, fillAlphas, verticalGradientMatrix(x, y, w, h));   }   And this works fine, but again only if the measuredWidth/measuredHeight is set.  So after seeing Dirk's code, I tried changing one skin over to extend HaloBorder, not set the measuredWidth/measuredHeight, and then use the skin in CSS as a border-skin.  This works, I'm happy to say.  It does feel a little strange to me, that I'm using something called "border-skin" but I'm doing things in the middle of a canvas.  Is this part normal or should I be using a background-image?   This turned into a longer message than I thought!  I'm starting to get into this whole building-a-Flex-app thing.  :)  -Brian From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Schmalle Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 5:07 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] specifying measuredWidth/measuredHeight in a skin Hi Brian, This dosn't make sense... What are you subclassing for the skin class? I use ProgrammaticSkin and RectangularBorder all the time and have never specified measuredWidth or measuredHeight in a skin. I get none of the things you are talking about. Are you using an image or drawing API in the skin? If it is a borderSkin style are you subclassing RectangularBorder? For the borderMetrics. Can you give an example, I am sure I could nail this one. Peace, Mike On 11/2/06, Brian Deitte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]com> wrote: Ah, my first flexcoders post as a Flex developer. I feel like I should be getting my cloak and learning a secret handshake right now. Is there a way to not specify the measuredWidth and measuredHeight in a skin? I don't like having to hardcode a width and height there, as I currently have to do. For more details, this is an application that is using absolute positioning, and the skins are on Canvases. If I don't specify the measured width and height in the skin, then the drawRoundRect() doesn't draw from the correct position, and the passed-in width and height from updateDisplayList() doesn't seem to help with this fact. Am I missing something here? Thanks for any pointers, Brian -- What goes up, does come down. __._,_.___ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Software development tool Software development Software development services Home design software Software development company Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe __,_._,___