Hi, Robin Hilliard wrote: > Hello all, > > Just wondering, does anyone know what magic the MXML compiler uses to > decide that visual classes declared in MXML get their id properties > recorded in component descriptors and set when instantiated, whilst > non-visual classes get an empty string if they have an id property? I > was looking around for some metadata in the core classes that might do > the trick with no success. >
I don't know. However I came across this nice blog post the other day: http://stopcoding.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/understanding-the-flex-compiler/ Which gives an outlines about the compiler(s). Perhaps the Author can help you out. regards, shaun
