Thanks for the answer. My additional questions would be:
1. Is the size&speed difference really big?
2. I understand that instead of Shape i could use Canvas, right? What is the
alternative for the SimpleButton in Flex then. I'm really new to Flex.
Best from sunny nut cold Poland,
trzewiczek
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui <aha...@...> wrote:
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> In Flex, Navigator children must be Containers or INavigatorContent
> Container children must be IUIComponents
> UIComponent children can be anything.
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> Shape and SimpleButton are smaller and faster, but they cannot cooperate with
> the other features of the framework like focus, styles and skinning.
> Frameworks have a cost. They are less efficient because they are packed with
> features you might need in order to save you time.
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> On 2/4/10 11:28 AM, "trzewiczek" <trzewic...@...> wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
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> I'm very new to AS3/Flex. I started to work in a bigger AS3/Flex project and
> after some work done in pure AS3 with a lot of Shape, SimpleButton and Sprite
> classes use, it turned out the main visual part is being written as a
> subclass of mx.containers.Canvas. I can't just addChild my stuff to that
> Canvas.
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> Is it some kind of restriction that you can't addChild any flash.display.*
> class into the mx.containers.* classes?
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> If that it true, what about efficiency of mx.* packages. As far as I know
> Shape and SimpleButton are the most efficient way to handle vector and
> interactive vector stuff. What about mx.* classes? Should I use Canvas and
> Button instead or what?
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> Thanks for any help!!
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> trace("Best from Poland");
> trzewiczek
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> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Team
> Adobe System, Inc.
> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
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