You can't add to the class definition of the Canvas at runtime. ClassFactory has a properties bag where you can have properties slapped on the new instance, but that's not really a new class definition.
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Amy Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: new Component() ? --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you've defined a component via <mx:Component>, the name is > auto-generated as Josh says, but it generates an IFactory, so you can > use the factory to get new instances > > > > <mx:List id="myList> > > <mx:itemRenderer> > > <mx:Component> > > <mx:Canvas> > > .. > > > > > > From AS: > > > > myList.itemRenderer.newInstance() This makes it sound like the equivalent to new Component() in AS might be myRenderer:ClassFactory = new ClassFactory(mx.containers.Canvas); Presumably from there you can add stuff to myRenderer before using it as your "rubber stamp", but I've never personally used ClassFactory for anything other than setting global properties on a class I created in AS3 or MXML. Is this a correct interpretation of how AS3 works? Thanks; Amy
