[flexcoders] actionscript + library
is there a way to configure a project in Flash Builder natively (as in, not using a custom builder) to create a pure actionscript project that compiles into a SWC not a SWF?
[flexcoders] Re: New Flex Mapping Framework
Bravo, this is very nice. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, bryan.dresselhaus bryan.dresselh...@... wrote: Hey guys, Just wanted to let you know about a new Flex Component Framework I've been working on for the last year or so. Its for building rich, interactive polygon based maps. It differs from a lot of mashup techniques that leverage google maps or mapquest in that its fully client side driven and offers a lot of flexibility and creativity. Please let me know what you think of the demo and documentation. http://www.libertyvanguard.com/liberty-gis Demo: http://www.libertyvanguard.com/applications/LibertyGISDemo/LibertyGISD emo.html Documentation: http://www.libertyvanguard.com/documentation/LibertyGIS-asdoc/index.ht ml Regards, Bryan Dresselhaus
[flexcoders] Re: flash builder: how to create an as3 project WITHOUT flex sdk
Update -- From the Flash Builder Help: ActionScript projects Based on the Flash API, not the Flex framework, ActionScript projects let ActionScript developers use Flash Builder to code, build, and debug ActionScript-only applications. Yet, when I create a new AS project, it asks which Flex sdk i want to use. Huh? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ariel J arielj...@... wrote: When I go to the ActionScript 3.0 Reference for the Adobe Flash Platform, I am able to specify filters for the runtime and products. I have specified AIR 2.0 and FP 10.1, Flash CS4, but no Flex. How do I create a project in Flash Builder to match these limitations?
[flexcoders] Re: flash builder: how to create an as3 project WITHOUT flex sdk
If I remove the Flex SDK entry from the build path, it can't find the definition for Sprite. So I think I need to leave it and instead, remove specific swc entries below it, like framework.swc. Does that sound right? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, seanmcmonahan s...@... wrote: I may be wrong but I believe this is because MXMLC is used to compile AS projects in Flash Builder and the compiler may change with different versions of Flex. You can always look at the library path for your project to verify whether or not Flex is included in your project (it shouldn't be for AS projects). --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ariel J arieljake@ wrote: Update -- From the Flash Builder Help: ActionScript projects Based on the Flash API, not the Flex framework, ActionScript projects let ActionScript developers use Flash Builder to code, build, and debug ActionScript-only applications. Yet, when I create a new AS project, it asks which Flex sdk i want to use. Huh? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ariel J arieljake@ wrote: When I go to the ActionScript 3.0 Reference for the Adobe Flash Platform, I am able to specify filters for the runtime and products. I have specified AIR 2.0 and FP 10.1, Flash CS4, but no Flex. How do I create a project in Flash Builder to match these limitations?
[flexcoders] Re: flash builder: how to create an as3 project WITHOUT flex sdk
Two things: 1) I need to include the AIR libraries? How do I add those to an Actionscript project? 2) When I create a Flex project, and replace the WindowedApplication mxml file with a similarly named file that is .as and that extends Sprite, I can write stage.nativeWindow.activate(). However, when I create an Actionscript project, and try to access the stage.nativeWindow propoerty, its not there. Why not? Isn't it the same flash.display.Sprite class? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Clark Stevenson a.scots...@... wrote: Yeah mate. You need the Flex SDK but if you start an Actionscript project you have no access to the MXML stuff. I dont use Flex as a MXML language... ie the framework. It reminds me of boring forms and banking applications. But AS3 on the other hand. You can do anything you want. Clark. On 12 August 2010 20:27, Oleg Sivokon olegsivo...@... wrote: The definition for Sprite is in playerglobals.swc. However, you are asking wrong question. You cannot compile an AS3 project w/o SDK, or you would need at least an alternative compiler, and only one that exists is the one developed by SWFTools few years ago. But it's outdated now... so, technically, for AS3 Flex SDK is your only option. On the other hand, having other libraries in your path won't harm because they aren't embedded in your project, unless you explicitly embed them.
[flexcoders] Re: flash builder: how to create an as3 project WITHOUT flex sdk
Yes, but in an Actionscript project, how do I add the AIR classes for development? --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Oleg Sivokon olegsivo...@... wrote: You need to package the application using ADT, and launch it for testing using ADL. AIR runtime is different from player and it has more classes, one of them is NativeApplication. Player doesn't have that, so, you cannot run the SWF compiled for AIR in the player because some classes won't be there. http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AIR/1.5/devappshtml/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118666ade46-7fd6.html here's a guide on how to do that.
[flexcoders] Re: flash builder: how to create an as3 project WITHOUT flex sdk
Thanks all.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Oleg Sivokon olegsivo...@... wrote:
{sdk}/frameworks/libs/air
look there for swc files. airglobal.swc is the must, all the rest are
optional, or so I think.
[flexcoders] Re: Stopping a function
yes, but you can mimic multithreading to permit one process to interrupt
another
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui/2008/01/threads_in_actionscript_3.html
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Andrews p...@... wrote:
On 28/07/2010 09:57, Christophe wrote:
Hello,
How to stop a ruuning function by software of another function ?
FunctionA
{
}
FunctionB
{
Stop FunctionA
}
Thank you,
Christophe,
Christophe, you cannot execute FunctionB while FunctionA executes,
except if you call FunctionB from FunctionA.
There is only one thread of execution, so your question doesn't make
sense for this environment.
[flexcoders] Re: Setting width/height not affecting visual display?
my guess is that the 200x100 rect was working properly but the +5 stuff wasn't?
I remember dealing with this and saw somewhere that sprites are sized only when
content is there, so for example, if you just add pixels to the height, it
won't get bigger, but if you draw a bigger rect, e.g. 200x105, it will.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Roy Pardi roypa...@... wrote:
At 3:14 PM +0200 7/13/10, Oleg Sivokon wrote:
These properties may be overridden. My gut feeling says there should be
something like commitProperties / validate or some similar method to apply
all changes to the changed display object.
Thanks for the reply. Still tinkering here - I changed the type of the
'childSprite' var to be an instance of 'Sprite' - and then it works:
changing the width/height of 'testSprite (SpriteVisualElement) results in
a resizing of its child content.
Guess I am not clear on when to use 'SpriteVisualElement' - I started using
it in place of 'Sprite' because I could not add a Sprite to any of the
Spark containers. Much of my app's content is generated through code.
public var testSprite:SpriteVisualElement
protected function creationCompleteHandler(event:FlexEvent):void
{
testSprite = new SpriteVisualElement();
var childSprite:Sprite = new Sprite();
childSprite.graphics.beginFill(0x00, 1);
childSprite.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 200, 100);
childSprite.graphics.endFill();
childSprite.name = child;
testSprite.addChild(childSprite);
container.addElement(testSprite);
testSprite.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, grow);
}
public function grow(event:MouseEvent):void
{
event.target.width += 5;
event.target.height += 5;
trace(grow, event.target.width);
}
--
-
http://www.roypardi.com/
[flexcoders] Re: Problems getting a DataGroup to scroll
Try this for alt #2:
s:Scroller width=100% horizontalScrollPolicy=off
verticalScrollPolicy=auto top=50 bottom=0
s:DataGroup dataProvider={items}
itemRenderer=com.silenttrace.hal.views.ItemRenders.AliveDeadItemRenderer
width=100% clipAndEnableScrolling=false
s:layout
layouts1:FilteredTileLayout id=filterLayout filteredItems={filteredItems}/
/s:layout
/s:DataGroup
/s:Scroller
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Raymond Brown silenttr...@... wrote:
I have attempted twice to get a tileList of data in a DataGroup to scroll,
here are my two attempts:
ATTEMPT ONE:
s:SkinnableDataContainerwidth=100% height=100%
itemRenderer=com.silenttrace.hal.views.ItemRenders.AliveDeadItemRenderer
dataProvider={items}
s:layout
layouts1:FilteredTileLayout id=filterLayout
filteredItems={filteredItems}/
/s:layout
/s:SkinnableDataContainer
ATTEMPT TWO:
s:Scroller width=100% height=100% horizontalScrollPolicy=off
verticalScrollPolicy=auto
s:DataGroup dataProvider={items}
itemRenderer=com.silenttrace.hal.views.ItemRenders.AliveDeadItemRenderer
top=50 left=0 right=0 horizontalCenter=0
clipAndEnableScrolling=true
s:layout
layouts1:FilteredTileLayout id=filterLayout
filteredItems={filteredItems}/
/s:layout
/s:DataGroup
/s:Scroller
So as you can see the first attempt was to use a skinnableContainer, and the
second was to use a Scroller. What happens is the tileList layout works
great but there is NEVER a scroll bar so that I can see all the data. What
happens is as I resize and move the window around I can see more and more of
the data but when the window gets a little smaller I miss data - is there
something I am missing?
-r
[flexcoders] Re: TextInput textAlign
verticalCenter=0 in a Canvas --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, chandruflex chandruf...@... wrote: I am using Flex 3. Is it possible to align the text in the TextInput control to be vertically centered?
[flexcoders] 360flex videos
I was told attendees would get access to the videos from the conference. Anyone know where they can be found?
[flexcoders] Re: i do not get flex 4 skinning?
You can use illustrator or fireworks in CS5 and export the vector drawings as FXG (XML) that can be pasted into a Flex 4 skin and compiled. Get to me at arieljake at yahoo dot com if you want help with that process. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, dorkie dork from dorktown dorkiedorkfromdorkt...@... wrote: what do we use for visually skinning flex 4 skins? flash builder 4? right now i'm trying to create an item renderer for a list control rant i don't want to design my skin through markup. i want to use a visual tool. /rant ddfd
[flexcoders] Re: Cloud computing with Flex
Look into Adobe Stratus 2. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Christophe christophe_jacque...@... wrote: Hello, Is it possible to do Cloud computing (on Amazon EC2, ..) with Flex or Air ? Do you have any examples ? Thank you, Christophe,
[flexcoders] vector as a dataProvider
Does anyone else think that it's a shame that Vector doesn't implement IList and can't be used as a dataProvider? Is there a reason for this?
[flexcoders] Label help
I could really use some help with this one. I have an item renderer consisting of two labels, positioned horizontally. I want to fill the distance between them with , for example: Car.$40,000 House..$400,000 Any ideas how to do this? Also, there is the caveat that I draw the ... in a way that matches the ... from Flex truncating the first item. I am using Spark Label Components, which matters because I can't change the truncationText anymore without affecting all Labels in the app (who decided to change this on the flex team i have no idea or why!). Thanks all.
[flexcoders] Re: Best practices regarding XML to VO conversion
I'm interested in seeing your code. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, W.R. de Boer w...@... wrote: Hi Claudiu, I am using my custom unmarshaller class in combination with XML/E4X but I keep having a memory. Maybe I am just doing something? Maybe it's the use of a Vector-type in main VO object which stores child VO objects? Maybe I have to nullify the variables with vectors or arrays? I can put some code online on pastebin.com. If anyone is interested. Weyert de Boer
[flexcoders] new Flex 4 includeIn property/style
I can't seem to find it in the docs or source. Anyone know if it supports comma delimited lists of states?
[flexcoders] flex 4: skinnable component vs skinnable container
How are people using these two classes? When are people using component rather than component? Don't most custom components include multiple parts, thus suggesting that container is the most common class to extend?
[flexcoders] setting font family for mx|FormItemLabel causes label to disappear
I am embedding the Calibri font as written below. When I use CSS to set the
font-family for mx|FormItem to Calibri, the labels disappear. Anyone know why?
@font-face {
src: url('/../assets/fonts/CALIBRI.ttf');
font-family: Calibri;
unicode-range: U+0021-U+00A0; /* whole range of uppercase, lowercase,
symbols and punctuation. */
}
@font-face {
src: url('/../assets/fonts/CALIBRIB.ttf');
font-family: Calibri;
font-weight: bold;
unicode-range: U+0021-U+00A0; /* whole range of uppercase, lowercase,
symbols and punctuation. */
}
[flexcoders] Re: spark list functions missing?
1) dataGroup.getElementAt won't return renderers for non-visible items
2) dataGroup.verticalScrollPosition is measured in pixels not items
3) dataGroup.getElementAt cannot receive an index based on the dataProvider
because if the 10th item is the first visible item, the index of the renderer
for the 10th item is the element at position 0.
4) ensureIndexIsVisible works, but does not tell us where the item renderer is
positioned in the dataGroup so we still have to seach the elements of the
dataGroup to get the item of interest.
Interestingly enough, if you create a list of height 100 with 5 data items and
use an item renderer with height 50 so only 2 items show at a time, the
dataGroup's numElements property will equal 5, yet cycling through them, three
will be null.
To get indexToItemRenderer type functionality, you need to:
myList.ensureIndexIsVisible(4);
myList.validateNow();
for (var i:int = 0; i myList.dataGroup.numElements; i++)
{
var element:IVisualElement = myList.dataGroup.getElementAt(i);
if (element != null)
{
if (ItemRenderer(element).data == dp.getItemAt(indexOfInterest))
{
return element;
}
}
}
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui aha...@... wrote:
I haven¡Çt actually tried it but you could use
1. dataGroup.getElementAt
2. dataGroup.verticalScrollPosition
3. dataGroup.getElementAt(dataProvider.getItemIndex(item)) != null)
4. ensureIndexIsVisible
On 1/21/10 7:14 PM, j2me_soul j2me_s...@... wrote:
yes, I find this problem too.
Is anybody figure out this ?
ºß2010-01-22 02:59:50¡¤Ariel J arielj...@... ¼ÌÆ»¡§
Where are these methods in the spark list control:
1) indexToItemRenderer()
2) set verticalScrollPosition() - that uses the index of the item in the data
provider
3) isItemVisible()
4) scrollToIndex
I am also not finding them in DataGroup.
--
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe System, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
[flexcoders] flex 4 - application root
anyone know how to get a reference to the root Application in some static way. I used to say PopUpManager.addPopup() with the Application.application as the parent. That property isn't there anymore. Are there other options?
[flexcoders] spark list functions missing?
Where are these methods in the spark list control: 1) indexToItemRenderer() 2) set verticalScrollPosition() - that uses the index of the item in the data provider 3) isItemVisible() 4) scrollToIndex I am also not finding them in DataGroup.
[flexcoders] Re: IGraphicElement and LayoutBase
Totally agree with you. I hate having to create a VGroup inside a Group just so
I can draw a Rectangle as the background of the Group and still layout all the
other children vertically, for example.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Florian florian.saliho...@... wrote:
Yes, in that case i would expect the Displayobject to effecting the layout
and the measuring.
But that's not what we always want. Sometimes we just want to draw to the
graphics property of a component/container. It would be absurd to create a
GroupBase instance to not layout the instances like a VGroup and a Rect,
which should be the VGroups background.
So, Performance is no issue with the Flash Player anymore?
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ariel J arieljake@ wrote:
From the docs for IGraphicElement:
Group organizes its IGraphicElement children in sequences that share and
draw to the same DisplayObject. The DisplayObject is created by the first
element in the sequence.
That means that there is a single DisplayObject added to the display list
upon which the graphic primitives are drawn. I am sure this DisplayObject
is subject to the behaviors of the layout of the Group, as in BasicLayout
vs. VerticalLayout, just like any other child of the Group.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Florian florian.salihovic@ wrote:
Ah, thanx. that clearifies a lot. But i don't understand why. I thought
the IGraphicElements would be a util class to draw complex shapes into
the owners graphic property. Which also means to me that the constraints
should applied to be bounds of the component...
What am i missing?
Best regards!
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ariel J arieljake@ wrote:
You can. It's just that the constraint based sizing of the inner rect
doesn't work when you use a vertical layout. Change them to height and
width values of 100% and you'll see.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Florian florian.salihovic@ wrote:
Why is it not possible to draw an IGraphicElement into a Group which
has
a LayoutBase instance applied to it?
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
s:Application xmlns:fx=http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009;
xmlns:s=library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark
xmlns:mx=library://ns.adobe.com/flex/halo minWidth=1024
minHeight=768
fx:Script
![CDATA[
import mx.graphics.SolidColor;
import spark.layouts.VerticalLayout;
protected function button1_clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
{
base.layout = new VerticalLayout();
}
]]
/fx:Script
fx:Declarations
!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here
--
/fx:Declarations
s:controlBarContent
s:Button click=button1_clickHandler(event) /
/s:controlBarContent
s:Group id=base bottom=100 left=100 right=100 top=100
s:Rect bottom=0 fill={new SolidColor(0, .5)} left=0 right=0
top=0 /
/s:Group
/s:Application
[flexcoders] Re: IGraphicElement and LayoutBase
From the docs for IGraphicElement:
Group organizes its IGraphicElement children in sequences that share and draw
to the same DisplayObject. The DisplayObject is created by the first element in
the sequence.
That means that there is a single DisplayObject added to the display list upon
which the graphic primitives are drawn. I am sure this DisplayObject is subject
to the behaviors of the layout of the Group, as in BasicLayout vs.
VerticalLayout, just like any other child of the Group.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Florian florian.saliho...@... wrote:
Ah, thanx. that clearifies a lot. But i don't understand why. I thought the
IGraphicElements would be a util class to draw complex shapes into the owners
graphic property. Which also means to me that the constraints should applied
to be bounds of the component...
What am i missing?
Best regards!
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ariel J arieljake@ wrote:
You can. It's just that the constraint based sizing of the inner rect
doesn't work when you use a vertical layout. Change them to height and
width values of 100% and you'll see.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Florian florian.salihovic@ wrote:
Why is it not possible to draw an IGraphicElement into a Group which has
a LayoutBase instance applied to it?
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
s:Application xmlns:fx=http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009;
xmlns:s=library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark
xmlns:mx=library://ns.adobe.com/flex/halo minWidth=1024
minHeight=768
fx:Script
![CDATA[
import mx.graphics.SolidColor;
import spark.layouts.VerticalLayout;
protected function button1_clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
{
base.layout = new VerticalLayout();
}
]]
/fx:Script
fx:Declarations
!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here --
/fx:Declarations
s:controlBarContent
s:Button click=button1_clickHandler(event) /
/s:controlBarContent
s:Group id=base bottom=100 left=100 right=100 top=100
s:Rect bottom=0 fill={new SolidColor(0, .5)} left=0 right=0
top=0 /
/s:Group
/s:Application
[flexcoders] Re: The grammar of Embed to define Class/Function in CSS?
.myStyle {
rendererClass: ClassReference(com.mycompany.myClass);
}
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, xiaoming_w...@... xiaoming_w...@...
wrote:
Hi gurus,
I have a component with style definitions like the following:
[Style(name=rendererClass,type=Class,inherit=yes)]
[Style(name=rendererFunction,type=Function,inherit=yes)]
How to define the vlaue of these 2 styles in a CSS file if the class name and
function name are known? I guess Embed works but no idea about how.
background-image:Embed(/style_undefined/assets/general/bg.png);
Thanks in advance.
[flexcoders] Re: Binding and Spark Skins
You are not tackling this right.
The component does not create the title bar as a child.
The skin will do that.
Check this out:
(1) Do the component in ActionScript. Declare the expected elements that the
skin will define as variables. Define their behaviors and properties in the
partAdded function.
package com.mycompany {
[SkinState(normal)]
public class HostComponent extends SkinnableContainer
{
[SkinPart(required=false)]
public var titleBar:IReportTitleBar
override protected function partAdded(partName:String,instance:Object):void
{
if (instance == titleBar)
{
titleBar.label = My Label;
// or use Binding:
BindingUtils.bindPropert(titleBar,label,this,titleBarLabel);
}
}
}
// don't forget the partRemoved function, too
}
(2) Then, the skin only defines the titleBar using convenient MXML.
s:SparkSkin
fx:Metadata
[HostComponent(com.mycompany.HostComponent)]
/fx:Metadata
s:states
s:State name=normal/
/s:states
controls:DCDocTitleBar id=titleBar /
/s:SparkSkin
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, amiller.demandlending amil...@... wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I have a sub-component which uses a String binding on a Label. The bindings
works fine if I do not use a skinClass on the host component. If I do use a
SparkSkin, my bindings do not execute on the sub-component. Instead, I get
the value which I initialized it to.
Am I doing something wrong, or is this expected behavior?
If this is expected behavior, then what is the purpose of a SparkSkin if I
have to explicitly redeclare all my control code in the skin?
I could just be misunderstanding the intended usage, but from what I
understood in the docs it seems like a very powerful new feature.
Would anyone be able to enlighten me on the topic a bit more?
Here is the trimmed code for my host/sub
Host Component
s:SkinnableContainer skinClass=demand.skins.DSDoc
fx:Metadata
[SkinState(normal)]
/fx:Metadata
fx:Script
![CDATA[
[SkinPart(required=false)]
public var titleBar:IReportTitleBar
override protected function createChildren():void
{
if (!_titleBar)
{
_titleBar = new DCDocTitleBar();
this.addElementAt(IVisualElement(_titleBar), 0);
}
super.createChildren();
}
]]
/fx:Script
/s:SkinnableContainer
---
The title bar sub-component
s:SkinnableContainer
fx:Script
![CDATA[
[Bindable]
public var label:String=Incorrect Label;
]]
/fx:Script
s:Label text={this.label}/
/s:SkinnableContainer
The host component skin
s:SparkSkin
fx:Metadata
[HostComponent(demand.reports.DRDoc)]
/fx:Metadata
s:states
s:State name=normal/
/s:states
controls:DCDocTitleBar id=titleBar /
/s:SparkSkin
Thanks in advance!
~Aaron
[flexcoders] Re: Flex, SOAP and Process Flow
I use the Operation classes from the MVCS architecture from Joe Berkowitz to
group the series of external calls, for each user in your case.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, trefalgar trefal...@... wrote:
I've run into an odd problem that I haven't been able to find a solution to.
In other programming languages (Perl, PHP, for example), if I want to do X, Y
and Z in order, all with remote calls, it's very easy and straight forward.
With Flex, I'm pretty confused on how to do something this simple. Here's the
problem and why I'm confused ...
I'm using Flex and SOAP to talk to a web interface. In order to get to step
Y, I have to first do step X. I can not skip to step Y without step X being
complete. But setting up the flow to be two subroutine calls, X first, then
Y, doesn't mean that X finishes first (and lately means Y actually finishes
first).
callX(var1,var2);
callY(var3,var4);
Since Flex uses listeners, and not return() how do you pass data around to
know that X is complete?
callX(var1,var2);
{wait for callX to be finished, before continuing}
callY(var3,var4);
How do you pass data around successfully to do that check? Does my problem
description make any sense or is my brain fried? ;)
Treffy.
[flexcoders] Re: flex 4 text styling
Thank you for that. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ariel J arielj...@... wrote: In the language reference, I see styles such as fontSharpness and fontAntiAliasType for Label, but I am not seeing them as styles for the spark Label or RichText. Are they no longer being used?
[flexcoders] Re: IGraphicElement and LayoutBase
You can. It's just that the constraint based sizing of the inner rect doesn't
work when you use a vertical layout. Change them to height and width values of
100% and you'll see.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Florian florian.saliho...@... wrote:
Why is it not possible to draw an IGraphicElement into a Group which has
a LayoutBase instance applied to it?
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
s:Application xmlns:fx=http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009;
xmlns:s=library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark
xmlns:mx=library://ns.adobe.com/flex/halo minWidth=1024
minHeight=768
fx:Script
![CDATA[
import mx.graphics.SolidColor;
import spark.layouts.VerticalLayout;
protected function button1_clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
{
base.layout = new VerticalLayout();
}
]]
/fx:Script
fx:Declarations
!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here --
/fx:Declarations
s:controlBarContent
s:Button click=button1_clickHandler(event) /
/s:controlBarContent
s:Group id=base bottom=100 left=100 right=100 top=100
s:Rect bottom=0 fill={new SolidColor(0, .5)} left=0 right=0
top=0 /
/s:Group
/s:Application
[flexcoders] spark Form
Hi all. I need help debugging a port of the halo Form to spark. I can't get the FormItem to layout its children correctly. The TextInput in the example below sizes past the edge of the FormItem. Any help would be appreciated. ns:Form width=100% ns:FormItem label=URL: width=100% s:TextInput width=100% / /ns:FormItem /ns:Form The files for the Form control are located in this Google Docs directory: https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B8pe9gUeykKWZjg1ODliNjctODViMi00Y2JlLTg0ZGQtYjdiNGE1Y2RmNDlihl=en
[flexcoders] flex 4 text styling
In the language reference, I see styles such as fontSharpness and fontAntiAliasType for Label, but I am not seeing them as styles for the spark Label or RichText. Are they no longer being used?
[flexcoders] Re: spark list
Thank you Claudiu for the response. I was using a custom item renderer, and yet the blue highlight for selection was still appearing, so I knew the change had to do with the Item Renderer class, not the skin. There is a property autoDrawBackground in itemRenderer, that when set to false, stops drawing the selection highlight. Thanks again. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, claudiu ursica the_bran...@... wrote: The selectable is gone. Depending on what you are trying to achieve you can do it from skinning the spark list. Use a skin class for the list and inside there probably a datagroup to which you attach an intemrenderer. Inside the renderer you put the skin for the list item. If you don't want it to change colord for selectable, use the same color for all states e.g normal, hovered, selected... HTH, Claudiu From: Ariel J arielj...@... To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, January 8, 2010 11:55:59 PM Subject: [flexcoders] spark list anyone know what happened to the selectable property from the mx.controls. List?
[flexcoders] bugs forum for Fireworks (FXG feedback)
anyone know where we file bugs for how Fireworks exports FXG?
[flexcoders] spark list
anyone know what happened to the selectable property from the mx.controls.List?
[flexcoders] Re: Stop ToolTips from Appearing on Certain Buttons.
i believe you can do this by setting the tooltip text to the empty string --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, taude1 tpreka...@... wrote: This seems like it should be easy. I know I can turn tooltips off with the ToolTipManager, but that's applciation wide. I want to disable tooltips from certain Buttons. I've implemented various combinations of tooltipShow, tooltipStart, tooltipCreate on teh Button and tried setting the toolTips to NULL, to creating a dummy toolTip, etc... Any ideas on how to totally supress tooltips? Thanks,
[flexcoders] Re: rewriting a function using prototype?
Thats neat.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, jamesfin james.alan.finni...@... wrote:
I've used this in this pasta bit more verbose but does the trick.
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; layout=absolute
creationComplete=createJunk()
mx:Script
![CDATA[
import mx.controls.Alert;
public static function createJunk():void {
var j:junk1 = new junk1();
// style 1 outputs base f1
j.f1();
// style 2 outputs base f1
j[f1]();
// ooops, have a bug in base f1, reassign it!
j.dF1 = function():void{trace(junk1 f1 override);};
// override f1 outputs junk1 f1 override
j[f1]();
}
]]
/mx:Script
/mx:Application
package {
public class junk1 {
import mx.controls.Alert;
public var dF1:Function = realf1;
public function f1():void {
dF1();
}
private function realf1():void{
trace(base f1);
}
}
}
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, mitchgrrt mitch_gart@ wrote:
In the generated classes there's a hierarchy. The one with the function I
want to override is a base class of another class. If I extend and
override, the other classes in the hierarchy won't get my fix.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Andrews paul@ wrote:
How about extending the Ant generated classes and overriding the function?
Paul
[flexcoders] Re: flex 4 skins + presentation model
I handled this by creating a private var in the component like: private var _listDataProviderWatcher:ChangeWatcher; Then, in partAdded, I: _listDataProviderWatcher = BindingUtils.bindProperty(myPart,dataProvider,this,[presentationModel,listData]); Then, in partRemoved, I: _listDataProviderWatcher.unwatch(); Just FYI. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ariel J arielj...@... wrote: Can anyone suggest how to merge these? The issue is that the presenation model is not necessarily available when the skin parts are added in partAdded() which is where skin parts tend to be integrated. Does it involve a lot of BindingUtils? How are people doing this?
[flexcoders] Re: how to open pdf, word file using flex
var url:String = path-to-pdf; var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url); flash.net.navigateToURL(request,_blank); --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, vikranth4u vikrant...@... wrote: Hi can anybody help me regarding how to write a code to open a pdf or doc file using flex
[flexcoders] Re: getters before setters
As long as you define the [Bindable] metadata tag right before a
getter, the
order of the setters/getters doesn't really matter.
I remember Alex Harui saying Bindable can indeed go before the setter, too.
See this page:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/databinding_8.html#194574
Note #3:
Before a public, protected, or private property defined by a getter or setter
method
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tibor ballai.t...@... wrote:
Hi Nick,
As long as you define the [Bindable] metadata tag right before a getter, the
order of the setters/getters doesn't really matter.
However, as a coding convention, most people do define getters before
setters, it helps by making your code more maintainable.
Here are a few examples where the order does matter:
/*~~THIS IS CORRECT~~*/
[Bindable(fooChanged)]
public function get foo():String{
return _bar;
}
public function set foo(value:String):void{
_bar=value;
this.dispatchEvent(new Event(fooChanged));
}
private var _bar:String;
/
/*~~THIS IS STILL CORRECT even through the setter is defined
first*/
public function set foo(value:String):void{
_bar=value;
this.dispatchEvent(new Event(fooChanged));
}
[Bindable(fooChanged)]
public function get foo():String{
return _bar;
}
private var _bar:String;
/
/*~~THIS IS INCORRECT*/
[Bindable(fooChanged)]
public function set foo(value:String):void{
_bar=value;
this.dispatchEvent(new Event(fooChanged));
}
public function get foo():String{
return _bar;
}
private var _bar:String;
/
Hope this helps clear things up,
Tibor.
www.tiborballai.com
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Nick Middleweek nick@ wrote:
Hi,
I've been told to put my getters before my setters when defining Interfaces
and creating the Class functions...
... then Bind my getters.
Is this a known practice? Any what's the benefit? Is it something to do with
how Flex calls the getters when setting via the setters?
Thanks,
Nick
Re: [SPAM] [flexcoders] How to change background color on text input / Linkbar in Flex4
The Flex 3 Style Explorer is not always valid for Flex 4. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tracy Spratt tr...@... wrote: First place I start with styling question is with the Style Explorer: http://examples. http://examples.adobe.com/flex3/consulting/styleexplorer/Flex3StyleExplorer .html adobe.com/flex3/consulting/styleexplorer/Flex3StyleExplorer.html Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of boy_trike Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:15 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [SPAM] [flexcoders] How to change background color on text input / Linkbar in Flex4 I must be a dummy! I can not figure out how to change the lovely white background on either of these controls. Help please. Thank you Bruce
[flexcoders] Re: Clarification in including libraries
When you add libaries via Library Path, they are only compiled into the swf if they are used/referenced in your code. This keeps swf's smaller by only adding Flex code that is needed. For example, why compile into your swf the code for Advanced Data Grid if you never use it. However, since you don't necessarily reference any of the automation api directly in your app, using the Library Path won't work, because it will be excluded from your swf. To get those automation libraries in there for an external swf to use, you use the include-libraries compiler option which ignores if a library is actually used in the code and includes the full library into the swf anyway. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, shameer.forflex shameer.forf...@... wrote: Hi All, I want to make a flex application testable using QTP. I am using the same code for production and testing. In the project properties-Flex Build Path-Library Path, the auto libs such as automation.swc, automation_agent.swc etc are added(merged into code), the moment I create the Project. But to associate the auto libs with the flex application, I have to add them again as Compiler options or at run time. So can anyone please explain me the difference between adding these libs in Flex Build Path-Library Path and adding libraries as Flex Compiler options. Thanks, Shameer
[flexcoders] nightly sdk - automation libs
should the nightly sdk 4.0 builds include the automation libs?
[flexcoders] Re: replicating Flex build with ant script
needed to add this to the build script:
static-link-runtime-shared-libraries=true
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Ariel J arielj...@... wrote:
I am trying to reproduce the standard build with an ant script to prepare for
future customizations, but when I compile I am getting a SWF with a
drastically different size that won't run. Can anyone spot an error in my
script? Here is my current ant target:
mxmlc file=${src}/Main.mxml
output=${bin-test}/Main.swf
debug=true
optimize=true
incremental=true
locale=en_US
configname=flex
show-unused-type-selector-warnings=false
show-actionscript-warnings=false
show-binding-warnings=false
show-deprecation-warnings=false
compiler.context-root/Main/compiler.context-root
source-path path-element=${src} /
source-path path-element=${assets} /
library-path dir=${FLEX_HOME}/frameworks/libs
append=true
include name=*.swc /
/library-path
library-path dir=${FLEX_HOME}/frameworks/locale
append=true
include name={locale} /
/library-path
library-path dir=${lib} append=true
include name=*.swc /
/library-path
library-path dir=${extras}/MVCS/bin append=true
include name=MVCS.swc /
/library-path
library-path dir=${extras}/ThirdPartyLibs/bin
append=true
include name=ThirdPartyLibs.swc /
/library-path
arg line=-load-config
${FLEX_HOME}/frameworks/flex-config.xml /
/mxmlc
[flexcoders] flex 4 skins + presentation model
Can anyone suggest how to merge these? The issue is that the presenation model is not necessarily available when the skin parts are added in partAdded() which is where skin parts tend to be integrated. Does it involve a lot of BindingUtils? How are people doing this?
[flexcoders] Re: Beginner Event Question
FlexBuilder sees this:
[Event(name=ConfigFileEvent, type=event.ConfigFileEvent)]
And automatically creates a code complete version CONFIG_FILE_EVENT even if it
doesn't exist. It's always been that way. Either create the constant yourself,
or ignore the code completion and write ConfigFileEvent.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Raymond Brown silenttr...@... wrote:
I created a custom event to pass a string with, shown here:
package events
{
import flash.events.Event;
public class ConfigFileEvent extends Event
{
public var configFile:String;
public function ConfigFileEvent(type:String, configFile:String)
{
super(type);
this.configFile = configFile;
}
override public function clone():Event {
return new ConfigFileEvent(type, configFile);
}
}
}
I then have in my main class an event metadata tag, a dispatch and event
listener shown here:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml;
creationComplete=initApp()
mx:Metadata
[Event(name=ConfigFileEvent, type=event.ConfigFileEvent)]
/mx:Metadata
mx:Script
![CDATA[
import event.ConfigFileEvent;
import events.ConfigFileEvent;
private function initApp(): void {
//simulate the getting of a config file from RO and once done sending out the
event;
var temp:String = This works;
var myConfigFileEvent:ConfigFileEvent = new
ConfigFileEvent(ConfigFileEvent, temp);
dispatchEvent(myConfigFileEvent);
//now register to listen for the event
this.addEventListener(ConfigFileEvent.CONFIG_FILE_EVENT, eventCalled);
}
private function eventCalled(event:ConfigFileEvent): void {
//
}
]]
/mx:Script
/mx:Application
However Flex builder won't compile because of the error:
Access of possibly undefined property CONFIG_FILE_EVENT through a reference
with static type Class. in the addEventListener line. Can someone provide a
better insight as to this error and what it is that I am doing wrong?
[flexcoders] replicating Flex build with ant script
I am trying to reproduce the standard build with an ant script to prepare for
future customizations, but when I compile I am getting a SWF with a drastically
different size that won't run. Can anyone spot an error in my script? Here is
my current ant target:
mxmlc file=${src}/Main.mxml
output=${bin-test}/Main.swf
debug=true
optimize=true
incremental=true
locale=en_US
configname=flex
show-unused-type-selector-warnings=false
show-actionscript-warnings=false
show-binding-warnings=false
show-deprecation-warnings=false
compiler.context-root/Main/compiler.context-root
source-path path-element=${src} /
source-path path-element=${assets} /
library-path dir=${FLEX_HOME}/frameworks/libs
append=true
include name=*.swc /
/library-path
library-path dir=${FLEX_HOME}/frameworks/locale
append=true
include name={locale} /
/library-path
library-path dir=${lib} append=true
include name=*.swc /
/library-path
library-path dir=${extras}/MVCS/bin append=true
include name=MVCS.swc /
/library-path
library-path dir=${extras}/ThirdPartyLibs/bin
append=true
include name=ThirdPartyLibs.swc /
/library-path
arg line=-load-config
${FLEX_HOME}/frameworks/flex-config.xml /
/mxmlc
[flexcoders] flex 4 and descendant CSS selectors
i have a css stylesheet applied to my component like this:
#mySitesList #scroller #verticalScrollBar {
skinClass:
ClassReference(com.safepage.view.mysitespanel.scrollbar.VScrollBarSkin);
}
in my component i have a list whose id is mySitesList.
the item renderers used in mySitesList list also contain List components. The
secondary lists are being affected by the style above by having their
scrollbars changed. Is that expected?
[flexcoders] Re: global error handling flash player 10/flex 4
Thanks for the responses. It's just weird that, with the error handling disabled in current builds, ErrorEvents that have no listeners are being directed to the debug popup window already. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Chris zomgfore...@... wrote: From the release notes: The Global error handler is disabled in the current build, but will be available in a future beta refresh of Flash Player 10.1 http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/releasenotes.pdf So it looks like next release. :( On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Ariel J arielj...@... wrote: I have started seeing the automatic popup window for ErrorEvents that are getting dispatched in my program. I want to suppress the window. I cannot find an example of the definition of a global error handler for a Flex app. Can anyone help me out?
[flexcoders] global error handling flash player 10/flex 4
I have started seeing the automatic popup window for ErrorEvents that are getting dispatched in my program. I want to suppress the window. I cannot find an example of the definition of a global error handler for a Flex app. Can anyone help me out?
[flexcoders] animating resize to expose child component
I am trying to write a custom container that can be handed a child component, add it to the display list, and animate its own height from 0 to the height of the child component so as to reveal it. Problem is, what do i set as the resize effect's heightTo value? I am trying to call validateSize() on the child component before initializing and running the resize effect from 0 to the child component's getExplicitOrMesuredHeight() value but it is not working. What am I doing wrong?
