Aaron, Thanks much for the lead. I was digging into the Flex 3 doc pdf and it seems it was a little harder to get around;) Maybe just for me...
Have a great weekend! -geng --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Aaron Hardy <aaronius...@...> wrote: > > Geng, > > Use the DefaultProperty metadata tag in your AS class. Whatever > property you specify will be the property to which your MXML children > will be set. > > Here's a start: > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/html/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Book_Parts&file=metadata_141_07.html > > Aaron > > gwangdesign wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I am still looking for some general documentations about the > > guidelines as to how to write ActionScript custom components. It's > > clear that you can expose public properties, styles and event > > listeners of your custom components as MXML properties. > > > > But what are the general rules if I want to allow my client developers > > to define a property in my custom component using a MXML child tag (as > > opposed to a property)? > > > > Like this: > > > > <my:MyComp> > > <my:myChild color="0xFFFFFF" width="300"> > > <mx:Label text={data}/> > > </my:myChild> > > </my:MyComp> > > > > Again, I am looking for _general_ guidelines. Thanks much. > > > > -geng > > > > >