RE: [flexcoders] draw simple shapes in a Flex app?

2008-02-15 Thread Merrill, Jason 
You need to add the sprite to a container of some kind like a canvas or
a panel.  And to draw a Rectangle, why are you using beginBitmapFill?
Just try beginFill instead.
 

Jason Merrill 
Bank of America 
GTO LLD Solutions Design  Development 
eTools  Multimedia 

Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community 



 




From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of learner404
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 7:55 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [flexcoders] draw simple shapes in a Flex app?



Hi guys,

I'm new at Flex3/AS3 and I'm already stuck at what I thought
would be a simple hello world script:

GOAL:
A flex app with a button. When the button is hit it a simple
shape (rectangle) would appear to the screen.

PROPOSAL (doesn't work): 

draw.mxml:

?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml  layout=absolute
mx:Scriptimport DrawApp;/mx:Script
mx:Script
![CDATA[
function drawNow():void{
var myRectangle:DrawApp = new DrawApp();
}
]]
/mx:Script
mx:Button label=draw click=drawNow()/mx:Button
/mx:Application

DrawApp.as:

package {

import flash.display.*;

class DrawApp extends Sprite
{
public function DrawApp()
{
 var rectAndCircle:Shape=new Shape();
rectAndCircle.graphics.lineStyle(1);
rectAndCircle.graphics.beginBitmapFill(0xFF,1);
rectAndCircle.graphics.drawRect(125,0,150,75);
addChild(rectAndCircle); 
}
}

}

When I compile this in FB3 I've got 1067 error codes beginning
with rectAndCircle.graphics.beginBitmapFill(0xFF,1);

Any idea what I'm missing here?

Thanks

francois

Re: [flexcoders] draw simple shapes in a Flex app?

2008-02-15 Thread learner404 
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Merrill, Jason 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


And to draw a Rectangle, why are you using beginBitmapFill?  Just try
beginFill instead.

Oops, I went to quickly with the completion, thanks Jason.


You need to add the sprite to a container of some kind like a canvas or a
panel.

What would be the best way to do that In my code above?
My attempts have failed so far, the last one (I added a canvas in the mxml
and try to add the shape rectangle to it):

draw.mxml:

?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; layout=absolute
mx:Scriptimport DrawApp;/mx:Script
mx:Script
![CDATA[
function drawNow():void{
var myRectangle:DrawApp = new DrawApp();
myCanvas.addChild(myRectangle.returnRectangle());
}
]]
/mx:Script
mx:Canvas width=100% height=100% id=myCanvas/mx:Canvas
mx:Button label=draw click=drawNow()/mx:Button
/mx:Application

DrawApp.as:

package {

import flash.display.*;

class DrawApp extends Sprite
{
public function DrawApp()
{
 //don't use the constructor anymore since it won't return the
rectangle
}
public function returnRectangle():Shape
{
var rectAndCircle:Shape=new Shape();
rectAndCircle.graphics.lineStyle(1);
rectAndCircle.graphics.beginFill(0xFF,1);
rectAndCircle.graphics.drawRect(125,0,550,575);
return rectAndCircle;
}
}//class

}//package

I've got an error 1034 (BTW if anyone know how i can  avoid to  localise the
AS3 error messages so I can paste full error messages in English)

Thanks

francois


   You need to add the sprite to a container of some kind like a canvas or a
 panel.




   And to draw a Rectangle, why are you using beginBitmapFill?  Just try
 beginFill instead.


 Jason Merrill
 *Bank of America *
 GTO LLD Solutions Design  Development
 eTools  Multimedia

 *Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community*




  --
 *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
 Behalf Of *learner404
 *Sent:* Friday, February 15, 2008 7:55 AM
 *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
 *Subject:* [flexcoders] draw simple shapes in a Flex app?

  Hi guys,

 I'm new at Flex3/AS3 and I'm already stuck at what I thought would be a
 simple hello world script:

 GOAL:
 A flex app with a button. When the button is hit it a simple shape
 (rectangle) would appear to the screen.

 PROPOSAL (doesn't work):

 draw.mxml:
 
 ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
 mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml;
 layout=absolute
 mx:Scriptimport DrawApp;/mx:Script
 mx:Script
 ![CDATA[
 function drawNow():void{
 var myRectangle:DrawApp = new DrawApp();
 }
 ]]
 /mx:Script
 mx:Button label=draw click=drawNow()/mx:Button
 /mx:Application
 
 DrawApp.as:
 
 package {

 import flash.display.*;

 class DrawApp extends Sprite
 {
 public function DrawApp()
 {
  var rectAndCircle:Shape=new Shape();
 rectAndCircle.graphics.lineStyle(1);
 rectAndCircle.graphics.beginBitmapFill(0xFF,1);
 rectAndCircle.graphics.drawRect(125,0,150,75);
 addChild(rectAndCircle);
 }
 }

 }
 
 When I compile this in FB3 I've got 1067 error codes beginning with
 rectAndCircle.graphics.beginBitmapFill(0xFF,1);

 Any idea what I'm missing here?

 Thanks

 francois

Re: [flexcoders] draw simple shapes in a Flex app?

2008-02-15 Thread learner404 
Ok, found myself the missing link...

It is necessary to change the Shape by a UIComponent (don't ask me
why...)

After 3 hours lost, I can now continue and just deal with the fact that AS3
also doesn't have theadings and a great security policy (impossible to
access an external public feed - without a crossdomain file - without
installing a proxy first...)

More pain ahead ;)
francois


On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 3:33 PM, learner404 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Merrill, Jason 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 
 And to draw a Rectangle, why are you using beginBitmapFill?  Just try
 beginFill instead.
 
 Oops, I went to quickly with the completion, thanks Jason.

 
 You need to add the sprite to a container of some kind like a canvas or a
 panel.
 
 What would be the best way to do that In my code above?
 My attempts have failed so far, the last one (I added a canvas in the mxml
 and try to add the shape rectangle to it):

 draw.mxml:
 
 ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
 mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml;
 layout=absolute
 mx:Scriptimport DrawApp;/mx:Script
 mx:Script
 ![CDATA[
 function drawNow():void{
 var myRectangle:DrawApp = new DrawApp();
 myCanvas.addChild(myRectangle.returnRectangle());
 }
 ]]
 /mx:Script
 mx:Canvas width=100% height=100% id=myCanvas/mx:Canvas
 mx:Button label=draw click=drawNow()/mx:Button
 /mx:Application
 
 DrawApp.as:
 
 package {

 import flash.display.*;

 class DrawApp extends Sprite
 {
 public function DrawApp()
 {
  //don't use the constructor anymore since it won't return the
 rectangle
 }
 public function returnRectangle():Shape
 {
 var rectAndCircle:Shape=new Shape();
 rectAndCircle.graphics.lineStyle(1);
 rectAndCircle.graphics.beginFill(0xFF,1);
 rectAndCircle.graphics.drawRect(125,0,550,575);
 return rectAndCircle;
 }
 }//class

 }//package
 
 I've got an error 1034 (BTW if anyone know how i can  avoid to  localise
 the AS3 error messages so I can paste full error messages in English)

 Thanks

 francois


You need to add the sprite to a container of some kind like a canvas or
  a panel.
 



And to draw a Rectangle, why are you using beginBitmapFill?  Just try
  beginFill instead.
 
 
  Jason Merrill
  *Bank of America *
  GTO LLD Solutions Design  Development
  eTools  Multimedia
 
  *Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community*
 
 
 
 
   --
  *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
  Behalf Of *learner404
  *Sent:* Friday, February 15, 2008 7:55 AM
  *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
  *Subject:* [flexcoders] draw simple shapes in a Flex app?
 
   Hi guys,
 
  I'm new at Flex3/AS3 and I'm already stuck at what I thought would be a
  simple hello world script:
 
  GOAL:
  A flex app with a button. When the button is hit it a simple shape
  (rectangle) would appear to the screen.
 
  PROPOSAL (doesn't work):
 
  draw.mxml:
  
  ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
  mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml;
  layout=absolute
  mx:Scriptimport DrawApp;/mx:Script
  mx:Script
  ![CDATA[
  function drawNow():void{
  var myRectangle:DrawApp = new DrawApp();
  }
  ]]
  /mx:Script
  mx:Button label=draw click=drawNow()/mx:Button
  /mx:Application
  
  DrawApp.as:
  
  package {
 
  import flash.display.*;
 
  class DrawApp extends Sprite
  {
  public function DrawApp()
  {
   var rectAndCircle:Shape=new Shape();
  rectAndCircle.graphics.lineStyle(1);
  rectAndCircle.graphics.beginBitmapFill(0xFF,1);
  rectAndCircle.graphics.drawRect(125,0,150,75);
  addChild(rectAndCircle);
  }
  }
 
  }
  
  When I compile this in FB3 I've got 1067 error codes beginning with
  rectAndCircle.graphics.beginBitmapFill(0xFF,1);
 
  Any idea what I'm missing here?
 
  Thanks
 
  francois