Hey Alex, Awesome to have the actual creator of the library reply to this post! Great work by the way, it's a great starting point to advanced graphical effects in Flex.
My particular problem is, is that my Widgets are based on one Panel with the children changing (to configure them), as opposed to multiple panels. I'm going to look over your examples more carefully however, as there may be something I've missed. Will drop you an e-mail with an example after I've looked over them once more. Thanks again, Brian 12/17/06, Alex Uhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Brian, > > have you checked out the supplied SimpleFlipTransition.mxml? This example > shows usuage of States and Transitions with the distortion effects. > Generally, the idea is to first apply the effect and afterwards the state > change of the view (i.e. via currentState, ViewStack, manually > addChild/removeChild etc). Also of interest might be SimpleManualFlip.mxml. > The effects should work in every environment. If you experience problems, > let's fix them. Feel free to drop me an email offlist (with a reproducable > example). > > Best, > Alex > > > > > Alex Uhlmann > Consultant (Rich Internet Applications) > Adobe Consulting > Westpoint, 4 Redheughs Rigg, > South Gyle, Edinburgh, EH12 9DQ, UK > p: +44 (0) 131 338 6969 > m: +44 (0) 7917 428 951 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann > > > > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Brian Dunphy > Sent: 14 December 2006 20:07 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Question regarding Alex Uhlmann's DistortionEffects > library > > > > > > I've been looking in to Alex Uhlmann's DistortionEffects library > (http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2006/11/download_distor.cfm) > and I'm trying to figure out how to implement these effects in to an > existing application. > > Essentially, here's my problem: > > We have an existing application with a dashboard. Within that > dashboard are Widgets. Widgets are an extension of DragPanel > (extension of TitleWindows) that are the children of a Canvas. I chose > to implement my own drag/drop functionality with TitleWindows so that > I could restrict dragging to the Canvas area. > > Each Widget has a front (main UI) and a back (configuration). > Currently I am using states and simple transitions to go back and > forth between the two views of a Widget. My end goal is to use a Flip > effect (available in the DistortionEffect library) to flip the widgets > over to configure them, just like an OS X dashboard widget. > > All of the examples on Alex's site seem to make use of two or more > Panels within a ViewStack to accomplish the flipping effect. Can > anybody think of a way to implement the desired effect without > completely changing my Widget architecture? > > My next step might be to try to make a draggable ViewStack container > if I can't figure out another option. > > Any ideas would be appreciated! > > Thanks, > > Brian Dunphy > > > -- Brian Dunphy
