If you don't extend UIObject, then what is your sizing implementation.
UIObject handles that for you. Furthermore, you can compile mx components
with MTASC if you don't want to have to write that stuff by yourself, or use
another open source component set.
UIComponent actually has it's own seperate variables for width and height
values which allows you're component to use them vs. actually relaying on
_width and _height to be preset. Typically, you use a bounding box
movieclip on frame 1 to set the initial width and height and UIObject will
remove it for you.
If you don't want to do that you can do what UIObject in Flex does, and
implement a measure function; this function by default sets the width and
height and is used initially to setup the default width and height if none
has been set beforehand.
If you aren't using UIObject / UIComponent, you'll have to code all of that
yourself unless another component framework provides that for you.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian 'Julik' Tarkhanov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 12:17 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] Components do not behave
Ok, so I got the component thing running more or less. I now have a
dozen of components (all using the same assets - such as bevels
etc.). I only got a couple of problems to iron out. My components,
though, do not inherit from UIObject (or other MM classes) - I try to
avoid that to allow compilation with MTASC in th future without
attachment to Flash IDE.
First of all is the whole resizing business. I have to both resize
the component in the init code and in the setSize - I still don't
understand the relationship between the two. Right now how I have to
do it:
function initComponent():Void {
// bla bla
// rearrange components based on the new _width and _height
}
function setSize(nWidth:Number, nHeight:Number):Void {
// bla bla
// rearrange components based on the new _width and _height AGAIN
}
This is te only approach that works.
The second problem is exporting SWC. Some SWCs work after export,
some others don't. One, for instance, shows nothing on the Stage when
included in another file, but works beautifully - the other shows up
OK on the Stage but looks like in the authoring environment upon
exporting. When I drag the symbols from my main document (where all
the widgets get created) the work and show up fine. I wonder if there
is some good documentation about creating SWCs somewhere, or if
csomeone can explain to me what am I doing wrong.
--
Julian 'Julik' Tarkhanov
please send all personal mail to
me at julik.nl
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