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From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of valdhor Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 4:24 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: .as vs .mxml best practices It's as simple as <mx:Script source="includes/Sample3Script.as"/> All it does is include the AS file at that point. Everything inside the MXML file is available to the AS file - no custom events necessary. See http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=usingas_6.html --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Sells, Fred" <fred.sells@...> wrote: > > Embedding the ActionScript in the .mxml file is fine up to a point. Now > I've got quite a bit of logic dealing with the handling of DnD on an > mx:DataGrid and I would like to move that code into a .as file just to > keep my sanity and to take advantage of the outline feature of the IDE. > I may also be able to use it (or subclass it) to handle the similar > actions on a List. > > > > I'm not really certain of the "right" way to go about that and to be > able to reference all the id's within the remaining mxml. Similarly, I > would like to be able to listen for the events from the mxml without > having to define and dispatch custom events. > > > > This is probably basic stuff for those of you who are really into the > technology, but I could use a jump start - even a link to a reasonable > tutorial would be fine. > > > > FWIW I'm using 4.1 and plan to upgrade to 4.5 as soon as I get some > breathing room in my deadlines. > > > > Thanks in Advance, > > > > Fred. >