Ah, excellent. For future reference: The document class used to extend Sprite - I simply changed this to extend LivePreviewParent, now what I've placed on the stage shows up (at the correct size too) when the swc is dragged from the component panel.
Thanks for the pointer :-) 2009/1/2 Muzak <[email protected]> > Have a look at the fl.livepreview package: > > > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/fl/livepreview/package-detail.html > > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/fl/livepreview/LivePreviewParent.html > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samuel Adu" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 1:01 PM > Subject: [Flashcoders] Making a CS3 SWC code library look "pretty" > > > > Hey guys - Quick one here. >> So I've created a swc code library which I will distribute in an MXP >> (targeted for CS3/CS4 users only for now). With all other "normal" SWC >> components, you can add a custom Icon easily + a live preview. It seems >> that >> you cannot do these things easily when it comes to creating a code >> library. >> >> The icon issue is not so difficult to get around - You simply un-archive >> the >> SWC, add the icon png and edit catalog.xml then re-zip it all up. My >> problem >> is that when a user drags the library from the components panel onto the >> stage they see just a bounding box. Once that loses focus, they see >> nothing. >> I've added graphical elements to the FLA which I created that code lib SWC >> from and it ends up a fraction of the size that it should be, so you can >> hardly see it. I've even tried modifying catalog.xml to add a live preview >> swf, and it's the same thing. >> >> Has anybody managed to do this successfully? >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> Sam >> > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
