On 3/11/15, 7:50 AM, "Jeffry Houser" <jef...@dot-com-it.com> wrote:
> > I did this back in "the day" when creating the watermark I used for >Flextras components. I basically created a component, rendered it, and >turned it into a bitmap before ever putting it on the stage. > > I had to write my own routine to force the component to go through >it's life cycle w/o being added to the stage. I don't remember >specifics. I think it was more complicate than calling validatenow( ), >but at the moment I can't imagine why. Because without a parent, it doesn’t go in the queue such that validateNow will process it. I’m not sure it will work, but you could try setting nestLevel=2. That should allow it to go in the queues and get processed by validateNow() or regular layoutManager validation. The question would be whether there are any dependencies on having a parent in the code that will run during invalidation or validation. YMMV. -Alex
