Yes, as a matter of practice, you should always call super.methodName() unless you know for sure you don't want the underlying behavior.
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Ham Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 9:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Unwanted scrollbars on my List itemRenderer--measure() help? Alex, > In fact, I'd make a copy of LIR and rename it and erase the guts of > createChildren, commitProperties, measure, and updateDisplayList. You > shouldn't need to touch getters/setters of data/listData. Should I call super.methodName() on the ones I am overriding? > > Create the textfields in createChildren. > > Stuff the .text properties from the data object in commitProperties > > Calc measuredHeight in measure() something like this: > > Override protected function measure() > { > Tf1.width = explicitWidth * .2; > Tf2.width = explicitWidth * .8; > measuredHeight = Math.max(tf1.textHeight, tf2.textHeight); > measuredHeight += (some padding) > } > > Set their final positions in UDL > > Good luck. This is hairy-level-one so there are no dumb questions. Thanks! I'm in this to win it! OK DAH
