I tried both your overrides, but they caputer the height property as "0". Maybe they are trying to read the height before the compenent is created?
Although I would think that childrenCreated() would be one of last methods called when a panel is created? Anyone else have anys suggestions? Here is my entire code for the custom resizeable Panel taken from http://jeff.mxdj.com/flex_2_maxrestorepanel_class.htm I have made some enhancements so that the resizing code is in the class rather than using the restore and minimize events. The issue is that I am using two of these custom panels per view, one on top of the other. So if you minimize say the top customPanel1 the lower customPanel2 expands automatically to take up the space (which it should do), but if you then try to minimize the bottom customPanel2 (so both are minimized) it will set the bottom customPanel2's originalHeight to the expanded version (caused when it expanded to take up the extra space). That probably confused you......what I am trying to do is capture the height when the customPanel.as compenent is first created before anyone can click the minimize button. I tried to capture it in the constructor function, but it returns "0". This is the goal. http://adb.crowecs.com/flex/activeDashboard/dashBoard.mxml?versionChecked=true /////////////////Begin code/////////////////// // ActionScript file package components{ import mx.containers.Panel; import mx.controls.Button; import flash.events.Event; import flash.display.DisplayObject; [Event(name="restore")] [Event(name="minimize")] public class MaxRestorePanel extends Panel { private var state:int = 0; private var btStateUp: Button; private var btStateDown: Button; //// private var originalHeight:Number; private var boolSized:Boolean = false; private var hdHeight:Number; //// [Embed("../assets/upArrow.gif")] private var buttonUpIcon:Class; [Embed("../assets/downArrow.gif")] private var buttonDownIcon:Class; //// private function getSized():void { if(boolSized == false){ measure(); originalHeight = this.height; trace(originalHeight); boolSized = true; trace(boolSized); } } private function minimizePanel():void { getSized(); hdHeight = this.getStyle('headerHeight'); this.height = hdHeight + 15; } private function restorePanel():void { this.height = originalHeight; } //// private function setState(state:int):void{ this.state=state; if (state==0){ // Minimized this.dispatchEvent(new Event('restore')); } else { this.dispatchEvent(new Event('minimize')); } } private function doMinimize(event:Event) :void{ setState(1); btStateUp.visible = false; btStateDown.visible = true; //// minimizePanel(); //// } private function doRestore(event:Event) :void{ setState(0); btStateUp.visible = true; btStateDown.visible = false; //// restorePanel(); //// } protected override function createChildren(): void { super.createChildren(); btStateUp = new Button(); btStateDown = new Button(); btStateUp.addEventListener("click",doMinimize); btStateDown.addEventListener("click",doRestore); btStateUp.setStyle("overIcon",buttonUpIcon); btStateUp.setStyle("downIcon",buttonUpIcon); btStateUp.setStyle("upIcon",buttonUpIcon); btStateDown.setStyle("overIcon",buttonDownIcon); btStateDown.setStyle("downIcon",buttonDownIcon); btStateDown.setStyle("upIcon",buttonDownIcon); btStateUp.visible =true; btStateDown.visible =false; rawChildren.addChild(btStateUp); rawChildren.addChild(btStateDown); } protected override function updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth: Number, unscaledHeight:Number):void { super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight); if(unscaledWidth > 0){ this.visible = true; } else { this.visible = false } var upAsset:DisplayObject = btStateUp.getChildByName("upIcon"); var downAsset:DisplayObject = btStateDown.getChildByName("upIcon"); var margin:int = 4; btStateUp.setActualSize(upAsset.width+margin, upAsset.height+margin); btStateDown.setActualSize(downAsset.width+margin, downAsset.height+margin); var pixelsFromTop:int = 5; var pixelsFromRight:int = 10; var buttonWidth:int=btStateUp.width; var x:Number = unscaledWidth - buttonWidth - pixelsFromRight; var y:Number = pixelsFromTop; btStateDown.move(x, y); btStateUp.move(x, y); } } } ///////////////End code////////////////////// --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel Freiman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i don't know if this will work, but try childrenCreated(), if all else fails > you can override measure like this: > > override protected function measure():void { > super.measure(); > if (isNaN(originalHeight)) { > originalHeight = height; > } > } > > this will only set originalHeight the first time it is measured. > > Disclaimer, I'm in a rush so I'm sorry if I screwed something up. > > - Dan > > On 11/7/06, jnewport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Gordan, the code you provided has one small issue, since > > originalHeight is set everytime minimize is called it resets the > > minimum each time. > > > > Is there a way to set the minimum size on creationComplete or another > > function inside the custom panel? > > > > So for instance: > > > > protected override function createChildren(): void { > > super.createChildren(); > > originalHeight = this.height; > > trace(originalHeight); > > } > > > > I tried the following, but it didn't work. When the trace is called > > it returns "0" so I assume "this" in createChildren isn't refering to > > the my custom Panel or is it something else? > > > > This might be another subject, but can you do this parent.this.height? > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Gordon Smith" <gosmith@> wrote: > > > > > > 'this' is always the component or application represented by the top tag > > > in the file. > > > > > > > > > > > > - Gordon > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of jnewport > > > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 1:18 PM > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: custom Panels original size > > > > > > > > > > > > That is it thank you. I didn't know you could use "this" in your > > > script tag. I wasn't sure it would know what "this" referred to. > > > > > > Thank, J > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > , "Daniel Freiman" <FreimanCQ@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm a little confused at what you are doing. Posting code would > > > probably > > > > help. But if I understand what you're trying to do correctly, you can > > > > probably add the following code to the panel. It should create save > > > the > > > > hight before minimizing and then restore it later. You just need to > > > call > > > > the two functions when you want to restore/minimize the panel. > > > > > > > > - Dan > > > > > > > > <mx:Script> > > > > <![CDATA[ > > > > > > > > public var originalHeight:Number; > > > > > > > > public function minimize(event:Event):void { > > > > originalHeight = this.height; > > > > height = getStyle("headerHeight"); > > > > } > > > > > > > > public function restore(event:Event):void { > > > > height = originalHeight; > > > > } > > > > ]]> > > > > </mx:Script> > > > > > > > > On 11/6/06, jnewport <jason_newport@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I was wondering if any has come across this problem or solution. I > > > > > have create a custom component that is resizable. I am able to make > > > > > the panel smaller, but when I want it to restore back to the > > > original > > > > > size it end ups 500+ pixels long. > > > > > > > > > > To make it smaller I am using minimize="getStyle('headerHeight')" > > > > > but my restore function doesn't work. 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