--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Clark Stevenson <a.scots...@...> wrote:
>
> Hey guys.
>
> Say your familiar with Flash document Class..... Flash Develop or Flex
> actionscript projects in that your not so familiar with MXML.
>
> You take this class
>
> package
> {
> public class MyGraphic extends Sprite
> {
>
> private var customSprite:Sprite;
>
> public function MyGraphic()
> {
> super();
> }
>
> }
> }
>
>
>
> Ok heres the issue. If i start a new Flex Project because i want to combine
> either an existing complex project or branch my application out to pure AS3
> yet i want to retain the functionality of MXML for a form or a games room
> etc.
>
> How can i do this?
>
> I remember last time i tried it was awkward. MyGraphic needed to extend
> UIComponent but then it got awkward because customSprite needed to also be a
> UIComponent so i never found a way to combine them. Likewise, i read about a
> rather obscure addRawChild() method but it seemed like a hack or frowned
> apon.
>
> That has something to do with the display list?
>
> Is there any sources which i can read that deal with AS3 OOP TO Flex MXML
Check out
http://guyinthechair.com/?p=164
http://jacwright.com/blog/320/introducing-reflex/
HTH;
Amy
> instead of treating you like you dont know what actionscript 3.0 is and
> concentrating on MXML only? I cannot find the relationship or common
> functionality between the 2 different approaches. If i go with MXML im stuck
> in modular <tags> with supporting actionscript, or if go with only AS3 i
> have no access to the framework.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Clark.
>
