Hi Janis Your component looks very different from a common Flex component. Flex components follow a certain structure to create sub instances and update their ui. I don't remember the url, but i think you can find some introductory tutorials about Flex component development at Adobe's website.
Good luck, Ralf. On 1/15/07, Janis Radins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey people! I already tried to ask in here but no one answered, then I tried flashcoders list and no solution in there as well, so I'm trying one more time, maybe someone can explain where is my problem. I'm trying to make some pretty simple UI component in Flex and it seems like I'm missing something. I think I've read everything I could but I cannt find what is it I'm missing, maybe someone on this list knows wheres the problem. So what I am doing is: 1. I create some pretty simple MXML project just for test with this content <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx=" http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; xmlns:myComp="components.*" layout="absolute"> <myComp:TestComponent></myComp:TestComponent> </mx:Application> Pretty simple. xmlns:myComp="components.*" defines that components can be found in folder named components in root of project, where I have this file TestComponent.as with following content package components { import mx.core.UIComponent; import mx.controls.Image; import flash.display.Shape; public class TestComponent extends UIComponent { private var imageInstance:Image = null; public function TestComponent() { super(); imageInstance = new Image(); imageInstance.source = "icon.gif"; addChild(imageInstance); trace("TestComponent initialized!"); var shape:Shape = new Shape(); shape.graphics.beginFill(0xFF0000); shape.graphics.drawCircle(50,50,25); addChild(shape); } } } " icon.gif" is bitmap stored in root folder of project. Seems like pretty stright forward and theres nothing to break, but it isnt so. Shape appears, which make me think that component instance is initialized and placed in display list. But I really have bad luck with creating mx.controls.Image i think I tried everything with no luck. There must be something I'm missing, but I have no idea what is it :) Oh, and when I tried to extend some component directly it works, seems like thers no blank components for me! Any help will be apreciated! Jānis
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