RE: [flexcoders] Icons in menu - not working

[Deepa Subramaniam]

Just to be clear, this is not a bug. This is just a fact of life since we’re using some sort of indirection of specifying an icon attribute in the dataProvider and then using an iconField property to look up that reference. So, in cases like that the embedded asset needs to not be a static variable. Other cases without this indirection, like a Button icon, will work correctly.   -deepa   From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deepa Subramaniam Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 4:59 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Icons in menu - not working   Yup, you are correct. I just talked to Roger about this.   What is happening is that MenuBar checks to see if an iconField is set. In your case it is, and the MenuBar looks to see if a Class, exitOn, exists with that name in the application or a property on the document with that same name exists. It does, however you cannot access a static var off an instance, only off the class. So, the lookup in the MenuBar code fails. Your workaround of making the embedded asset var non-staic is correct.   HTH, deepa   From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly Birr Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 4:48 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Icons in menu - not working   I found my problem.  It appears that the menu cannot bind to static vars for images.  I solved the problem by specifying { public const myMenuIcon:Class = GlobalIcons.MyCoolIcon; }  where GlobalIcons.MyCoolIcon is declared exactly as below. Then pout the local name "myMenuIcon" in the @icon field of the xml.   - Kelly   From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly Birr Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 4:26 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Icons in menu - not working I've been racking my brain trying to get icons in the menu bar.  I think I'm doing exactly what the docs say but I cannot get any icon to render.  The label and actions work perfectly but the icon does not show up.  The icon is embedding properly as I can see it in the "icon" property of a button in the same file.  I've also tried putting the path to the icon file in the xml, no joy.   My Menu XML Is: <menu>     <menuitem label="File">         <menuitem label="Open" data="" />         <menuitem type="separator" />         <menuitem label="Exit" data="" icon="exitOn" />     </menuitem> </menu>   My MXML is: <mx:Script>   <![CDATA[         [Embed(source="images/icons/iconExitOn.gif")]         public static const exitOn:Class;   ]]>  </mx:Script>  <mx:MenuBar id="menu" width="100%" x="0" y="0" height="27" dataProvider="{menuXml}" showRoot="false"     cornerRadius="3" itemClick="menuHandler(event)" labelField="@label" iconField="@icon" />     I cannot find any samples anywhere with icons in the menu,  Is this still supported?  Can anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong?  I am using Flex 2.0 RTM   - Kelly   __._,_.___ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___