thanks for the help here is the finished stuff.
http://axel.cfwebtools.com/index.cfm/2007/10/22/Drawing-in-Flex-using-the-UIComponent-part-2-note-dynamic-classes-too --- In [email protected], "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Should be something like: > > > > class LineDragging extends UIComponent > > { > > var startX:Number; > > var startY:Number; > > > > function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void > > { > > startX = event.localX; > > startY = event.localY; > > addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, > mouseMoveHandler, true); > > } > > > > function mouseMoveHandler(event:MouseEvent):void > > { > > graphics.clear(); > > graphics.lineTo(startX, startY); > > var pt:Point = new Point(event.stageX, > event.stageY); > > pt = globalToLocal(pt); > > graphics.moveTo(pt.x, pt.y); > > } > > } > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of jensen.axel > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 11:36 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Draw a straight line with your mouse > > > > please help... any links at all would help. > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > , "jensen.axel" <axel@> wrote: > > > > Hey, > > > > I need a little help, i've found some resources online on how to draw > > with your mouse, and most of them are like drawing with the pencil in > > any normal graphics programs... but i need to be able to have the user > > draw a straight line... > > > > when you mouseDown, that is the start point of the line... > > > > while your dragging the end of the line stays glued to your mouseX & > > mouseY till you mouseUp... > > > > I'm doing this extending a uicomponent... but having trouble finding > > good resources for this particular straight line type of use case... > > > > any help or links to get me pointed in the right direction would help > > tremendously. > > > > Thank you. > > Axel > > >
