The code I am using is the example from the Flexlib download. I will post it here as well:
========================================================================== <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:flexlib="http://code.google.com/p/flexlib/" xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" defaultButton="{addButton}" creationComplete="initTabs()"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import flexlib.controls.SuperTabBar; import flexlib.events.TabReorderEvent; import flexlib.controls.tabBarClasses.SuperTab; import mx.controls.Label; import mx.containers.VBox; import mx.containers.Canvas; import mx.containers.Panel; [Embed(source="assets/document.png")] private var document_icon:Class; [Embed(source="assets/home.png")] private var home_icon:Class; private function initTabs():void { addTab("Home", nav, "This tab can't be closed", home_icon); for(var i:int=0; i<3; i++) { addTab("Tab " + (i + 1), nav); } for(i=3; i<6; i++) { addTab("Tab " + (i + 1), nav2); } callLater(initNonClosableTab); } private function initNonClosableTab():void { nav.setClosePolicyForTab(0, SuperTab.CLOSE_NEVER); } private function addTab(lbl:String, navigator:SuperTabNavigator, contentString:String=null, icon:Class=null):void { if(lbl=="") lbl = "(Untitled)"; var curNum:Number = nav.numChildren + 1; var child:VBox = new VBox(); child.setStyle("closable", true); child.label = lbl; if(icon) { child.icon = icon; } else { child.icon = document_icon; } var label:Label = new Label(); label.text = contentString == null ? "Content for: " + lbl : contentString; child.addChild(label); navigator.addChild(child); } /* The following two functions are a bit of a hack to try to get the * tab navigator to refresh the display and resize all the tabs. When * you change stuff like tabWidth (which is a style) then the tab * navigator has a hard time re-laying out the tabs. Adding and * removing a child can sometimes trigger it to re-layout the tabs. * I don't know, but just don't change tabWdith or horizontalGap or whatever * else at runtime, OK? Pick some values and stick with them. */ private function invalidateLater():void { var child:Canvas = new Canvas(); nav.addChild(child); nav.removeChild(child); callLater(invalidateNav); nav2.addChild(child); nav2.removeChild(child); callLater(invalidateNav); } private function invalidateNav():void { nav.invalidateDisplayList(); nav2.invalidateDisplayList(); } private function tabsReordered(event:TabReorderEvent):void { var tabBar:SuperTabBar = event.currentTarget as SuperTabBar; tabBar.setChildIndex(tabBar.getChildAt(event.oldIndex), event.newIndex); } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:VBox width="100%" height="100%" horizontalAlign="center" > <mx:HBox> <mx:Panel title="Tab Control"> <mx:HBox> <mx:TextInput width="100" id="tabLabel" /> <mx:Button id="addButton" label="Add Tab" click="addTab(tabLabel.text, nav); nav.selectedIndex = nav.numChildren - 1" /> </mx:HBox> <mx:Button label="Remove All" click="nav.removeAllChildren()" /> </mx:Panel> <mx:Panel title="Options"> <mx:HBox> <mx:CheckBox id="tabWidthCheck" label="Speciy tabWidth:" change="if(tabWidthCheck.selected) { nav.setStyle('tabWidth', tabWidthInput.value); nav2.setStyle('tabWidth', tabWidthInput.value) } else { nav.setStyle('tabWidth', undefined); nav2.setStyle('tabWidth', undefined); } invalidateLater();" /> <mx:NumericStepper id="tabWidthInput" enabled="{tabWidthCheck.selected}" value="80" minimum="30" maximum="400" stepSize="10" change="nav.setStyle('tabWidth', tabWidthInput.value); nav2.setStyle('tabWidth', tabWidthInput.value); invalidateLater();" /> </mx:HBox> <mx:HBox> <mx:Label text="Horizontal Gap:" /> <mx:NumericStepper id="hGap" value="0" minimum="0" maximum="30" stepSize="1" change="nav.setStyle('horizontalGap', hGap.value); nav2.setStyle('horizontalGap', hGap.value); invalidateLater(); " /> </mx:HBox> <mx:HBox> <mx:Label text="Minimum tab width:" /> <mx:NumericStepper id="minTab" value="60" minimum="0" maximum="400" stepSize="10" change="nav.minTabWidth = minTab.value; " /> </mx:HBox> </mx:Panel> </mx:HBox> <mx:Spacer height="20" /> <!-- These guys are SO super --> <flexlib:SuperTabNavigator id="nav" scrollSpeed="25" dropShadowEnabled="true" stopScrollingEvent="{MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP}" startScrollingEvent="{MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN}" width="90%" height="90%" horizontalGap="0" closePolicy="{SuperTab.CLOSE_ROLLOVER}"/> <!-- I was going to call it SuperDuperTabNavigator, but I thought that might be just a tad too much --> <flexlib:SuperTabNavigator id="nav2" scrollSpeed="25" dropShadowEnabled="true" stopScrollingEvent="{MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT}" startScrollingEvent="{MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER}" width="90%" height="90%" horizontalGap="0" closePolicy="{SuperTab.CLOSE_ALWAYS}"/> </mx:VBox> </mx:Application> =============================================================================== The errors occur on line 23, 26 and 30. These are the lines with the addTab function calls inside the initTabs function. Thanks for any help you can provide. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Sherif Abdou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > how are you working this out? some code would help? > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: valdhor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 12:04:13 PM > Subject: [flexcoders] Flexlib SuperTabNavigator Errors > > Hi > > I'm a bit of a flex noob and am trying to run the SuperTabNavigator > example from the Flexlib library in FB3 (I just downloaded the latest > version of Flexlib - V2.3.2). Unfortunately, I keep getting the error > "Implicit coercion of a value of type > flexlib.containers: SuperTabNavigato r to an unrelated type > SuperTabNavigator. " > > Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. 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