Hi Andy,
I read your article this morning. In fact, it's the reason I
started thinking about this idea. Thanks for the great article and
the advise.
-TH
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wrote:
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> Hi Tim,
>
> I just posted a blog article on this topic this morning. It is
> definitely possible to capture the BitmapData of a hidden object
within
> an Image object. It has examples how to do this. You can check
it out
> at:
>
>
>
> http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs/page/andrewtrice?
entry=flex_2_bitmap
> data_tricks_and
>
>
>
> I would use a viewstack to contain 1) the thumbnail and 2) the
> component. Perform a "mx:Resize" effect on the viewstack, then
swap the
> thumb and component on the EFFET_END event (just toggle the visible
> child of the viewstack). If you bind the image to the constraints
of
> the parent container (using "top", "left",
"right", "bottom"),
then I
> think that the image *should* scale with the viewstack. You will
> definitely need to experiment with the mouse events/interaction on
> this... it is highly probable that the usability could get quirky
> behavior that you'll need to fine tune.
>
>
>
> Hope that helps!
>
>
>
> -Andy
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Perhaps some of you gurus can help me determine the best approach
> for a UI that I'm thinking about. The use case will have a popup
> that displays detail information that is related to summary
records
> in a DataGrid. When the user makes a grid selection, a popup will
> display. The popup will contain several UI components (thumbnails
> of panels) that each display different detail information. For
> instance, if the grid contained Authors, the popup might contain:
> Biopragraphy, Recent Books, Blog Postings, Articles, etc.. Some of
> the components will contain static text, while others will contain
> lists (DataGrids) or images.
>
> Now for the fun part. When the user clicks on (or MouseOver) the
> thumbnail, the component will expand (zoom with effect) to the
full
> size of the popup and cover the other thumbnails. When the user
> clicks again (or MouseOut) the popup will return to the initial
> thumbnail state (using Cairngorm).
>
> My thoughts are to capture BitmapData of the individual panel
> components and display them as the thumbnails in the initial popup
> state. When the user clicks a thumbnail, change state with zoom
> effect and replace the image with the actual component. If this is
> possible, does anyone have any ideas how I might go about
> accomplishing this idea? In other words, is it possible to capture
> the BitmapData of a component without displaying the component;
just
> the image? Also, when the thumbnail zoom completes, how might I
> swap the image with the actual component? I'm pretty sure that
> there is something similar to an EFFECT_END event that I could use
> to change state a second time. But, I'm interested to hear
> different perspectives.
>
> Since Flex will soon be competing with Windows Vista and WPF, I'm
> trying to develop innovative UI's that will rival the competition.
> I would appreciate any ideas anyone might have for this scenario.
> Or, if someone has done something similar, I would love to see the
> code.
>
> Thank you very much in advance,
> Tim Hoff
>
