I don't have any example handy. Someone else might, but I wouldn't be suprised if nobody does because the application startup performance impact of using externall images as skins is significant. I encourage you to pursue runtime CSS embedded assets.
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of walsaadie Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 2:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Loading external assets at runtime for component skinning Thanks for your reply. any chance of an example on how to use the image subclass as a skin. i can't find it documented anywhere. Thanks --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Skins are embedded assets. You can choose them dynamically by selecting > different CSS-based SWFs, but due to the sheer overhead of external > loading, we don't put in code that by default. > > You can create a custom class that subclasses mx:Image and use that as a > skin. > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ] On > Behalf Of walsaadie > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 10:01 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [flexcoders] Loading external assets at runtime for component > skinning > > > > Not sure if this can be done without overriding the framework. I'm > experimenting with deferent ways to skin components. My question, is it > possible to somehow pass a url to an external graphic to be loaded and > used as a skin for a component? For example take the button component. > If i pass a url through xml or some other method, would it be possible > to load the graphic at runtime to be used as a skin?. > > I've explored various methods using css sheets and binding images > programmatically. > Using the style manager to load and unload various style classes to > achieve the objective > But all require the graphic to be embedded before the swf is compiled. > I'm not sure if I'm missing something. Like creating a stylesheet at > runtime and loading the graphics from that point. I currently hit a > brick wall. I'd appreciate it if you folks can point me to the right > direction. >
