There is indeed a book - It is called "Creating and
Extending Flex Components" and you can find it at: http://labs.macromedia.com/wiki/index.php/Flex:Release_Notes#Beta_1_documentation
This page lists the order of events when you create a
component: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/20beta1/docs/00001877.html
Stephen From: Gordon Smith Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 11:55 PM To: 'flexcoders@yahoogroups.com' Cc: Stephen Gilson Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Understanding UIComponent He wants to create custom components, so he needs to
understand methods like createChildren(), commitProperties(), measure(), and
updateDisplayList(). There should be a whole book in the documentation set
about creating your own components, and it should cover basic methods like
these. - Gordon ________________________________________ From: Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 8:26
PM To: Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Understanding
UIComponent You look like you're on the right track. For now
(as of Beta 1), I think the only ones that actually matter event wise
are: initialize creationComplete The only difference is initialize runs before
all of the layout stuff, so if you need to do your own positioning/sizing,
this is a good place to do it; creationComplete is after all the children have
been created AND sized + positioned. We've all asked for the goto flow diagram of the
main component that is UIComponent, so hopefully this'll get clearer doc wise
soon. ----- Original Message -----
From: To: Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 7:51
PM Subject: [flexcoders] Understanding
UIComponent I'm just getting started with Flex Beta. We are
particularly interested in being able to create custom components
using AS3. So I am keen to get my head around the structure of
UIComponent. In AS2 I saw an excellent diagram that explained the sequence
that methods were executed and what should be done with each. I have
been looking for a similar diagram for AS3 with no luck. Consequently
I've had a go myself. Firstly, does anyone know of a good resource (other than
the AS3 language reference which has become my constant
companion) with this information. OR Could someone have a look at my
drawing (http://www.geekglue.com/media/swf/uicomponent.htm) and
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