Is there a way to have these properties not load at compile time, but rather be read at run time? One of the nicest things about properties in java and other langauges is that they allow you to change or modify behavior and values without recompiling code.
Flash seems to ignore this concept both with properties and with css. Chris --- In [email protected], "Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Flex already has the concept of resource bundles. You put your > localizable strings in .properties files, which get compiled into > ResourceBundle classes. You can then fetch strings out of the > ResourceBundles, most easily in MXML with the @Resource() directive. The > docs have info about this.. > > > > - Gordon > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Giles Roadnight > Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 9:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Best practice: string tables > > > > Hi All. > > > > In my previous flash projects we've had a string table of sorts set up > so that all the strings in the application can be edited easily. We can > also easily modify the strings for foreign users. > > > > I have taken this idea and implemented it in Flex as follows. > > In the main application I have this code: > > > > [Bindable] > > public var dialogueText:Object = { > > loginBoxHeader:"Member Login", > > > > to set up the string table (obviously other strings in there as well). > > > > In my login component I have the following: > > > > [Bindable] > > private var mainApplication:Object = mx.core.Application.application; > > > > and > > > > <mx:Label x="10" y="12" > text="{mainApplication.dialogueText.loginUsername}"/> > > > > Is this the best way of doing this or will having all of these bound > variables around the place slow things down? > > Is there a better way of doing this? > > > > Many Thanks > > > > Giles Roadnight >
