I did a tutorial series which explains how to build an asset with 9-slice scaling in Flash and use it to custom skin a Flex component. It's challenging use programmatically unless you know the precise coordinates of how you want the image sliced up, and it has very specific usage requirements which are not all that well documented unless you know where to look (like here ;)
http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=6C7D2 http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=92C3D http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=23781 _______________________________________________________________ Joseph Balderson, Flex & Flash Platform Developer | joeflash.ca Author, Professional Flex 3 | http://tinyurl.com/5qbqlk Josh McDonald wrote: > It defines how to stretch assets, for skinning, by "chopping" an image > into 9 scale-zones. Corners don't scale, top and bottom scale > horizontally, left and right scale vertically, and the centre scales in > both axes. > > -Josh > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 6:58 PM, jovialrandor <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > I can't seem to find any substantive documentation on the 'scale9grid' > property. Is it only for SWF's? What does it mean to add to the > Application tag? > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Alternative FAQ location: > > https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! > Groups Links > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > -- > "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." > > Like the cut of my jib? Check out my Flex blog! > > :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald > :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > :: http://flex.joshmcdonald.info/ > :: http://twitter.com/sophistifunk >
