Hi Keith, I am a fine, thank you. I am also just trying to help, and hopefully together we find the answer.
About addChildAt: My bad... I made a mistake and did not get the error. I think that's a BUG. Hahaha. I rebuild a little test and you are right, it throws the error. But generally spoken, I think a thrown error is not a bug because it tells you, you are trying to do something impossible with your program. So thrown errors are your friend! Kind regards Cor -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Reinfeld Sent: vrijdag 14 november 2008 20:50 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] ComboBox + Custom Cursor , AS3 Cor, addChildAt() -- Tested: Any index 0 thru numChildren (inclusive) = No RangeError. Any index greater than numChildren = RangeError. That's why I thought 'bug'. Just an observation. Just trying to help. So, Cor, howyabin? Regards, -Keith http://keithreinfeld.home.comcast.net > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cor > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 1:18 PM > To: 'Flash Coders List' > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] ComboBox + Custom Cursor , AS3 > > I guess because you set the customCursor in the array position. > And array positions can be set to any index, and for that matter it can't > be > out of range. > > stage.addChildAt(customCursor, 100); will try to put the child at index > hundred. > Eventually the displayList notices a empty index and will shuffle > everything > in place so there is never an empty indexed location. > The same as when you remove a child for the displayList. > > I am not completely sure if this is the correct technical description, but > from what I have read about the displayList, it figures. > > Kind regards > Cor > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith > Reinfeld > Sent: vrijdag 14 november 2008 20:11 > To: 'Flash Coders List' > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] ComboBox + Custom Cursor , AS3 > > Hi Cor, > > Right. I know all that. The question is why doesn't > > stage.addChildAt(customCursor, stage.numChildren); > > trigger a RangeError? > > Regards, > > -Keith > http://keithreinfeld.home.comcast.net > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cor > > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 12:38 PM > > To: 'Flash Coders List' > > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] ComboBox + Custom Cursor , AS3 > > > > It is not a bug. > > The displayList stores it objects in a Array, wich starts at 0. > > So Array["obj1","obj2","obj3","obj4"] has 4 children wich are located at > > position 0, 1, 2, 3. > > If you remove a child every other moves up 1 place. > > > > So stage.numChildren is accordingly out of range. > > > > HTH > > C > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith > > Reinfeld > > Sent: vrijdag 14 november 2008 18:57 > > To: 'Flash Coders List' > > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] ComboBox + Custom Cursor , AS3 > > > > Joel, > > > > Another good optimization point, Joel. If we assume that Karim's custom > > cursor is already a child of the stage, then setChildIndex() should be > > more > > efficient. So I guess it depends on the implementation. > > > > Interestingly, > > > > I get a RangeError with this: > > > > stage.setChildIndex(customCursor, stage.numChildren); > > > > but this works: > > > > stage.setChildIndex(customCursor, stage.numChildren - 1); > > > > However, > > > > stage.addChildAt(customCursor, stage.numChildren); > > > > does not trigger the RangeError, and > > > > stage.addChildAt(customCursor, stage.numChildren - 1); > > > > still produces the desired result. > > > > If this is a bug then 'stage.numChildren - 1' would be the safe way to > go. > > > > Regards, > > > > -Keith > > http://keithreinfeld.home.comcast.net > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joel Stransky > > > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 10:25 AM > > > To: Flash Coders List > > > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] ComboBox + Custom Cursor , AS3 > > > > > > Very nice Keith. Wouldn't setChildIndex() work as well? Or is > > addChildAt() > > > better for ensuring that the cursor is added to the display list? > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Keith Reinfeld > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.3/1788 - Release Date: 14-11- > 2008 > > 13:36 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.3/1788 - Release Date: 14-11-2008 > 13:36 > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders No virus found in this incoming message. 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