Hi, I have two questions, the first is if anyone can recommend a good book or learning source. I've gone through a majority of the getting started examples and also have lynda.com essential training and beyond basics - i didn't find the videos that helpful. I'm a coldfusion developer with a year or so experience.
Second question is to do with image dragging. I'm trying to create a small app where one can drag an image into one of many containers. There can be 0 to many images but initially just 4 different containers. I've tried doing this with a canvas for each image and container while following drag examples/tutorials. Also tried using a List for the target container instead. I'm able to drag the image into the List but onDragDrop doesn't keep the image in their.. Any help is appreciated... cheers Rob. code is as follows: <mx:Canvas x="10" y="265" width="170" height="120"> <mx:Image source="@Embed(source='FI000268.JPG')" width="150" id="image3" height="101" x="10" y="10" mouseMove="dragIt(event, image3, 'image3'); myoffset(image3);"/> </mx:Canvas> <mx:Canvas width="280" height="280" right="10" top="10" id="topRight" backgroundColor="#000000"> <mx:List x="10" y="10" width="260" height="260" dragEnter="doDragEnter(event);" dragExit="doDragExit(event);" dragOver="doDragOver(event);" dragDrop="doDragDrop(event);" dragEnabled="true" id="secondList"></mx:List> </mx:Canvas> private function dragIt(event:MouseEvent, img:Image, format:String):void { var dragInitiator:Image=Image(event.currentTarget); var ds:DragSource = new DragSource(); ds.addData(img, format); var imageProxy:Image = new Image(); imageProxy.source = globeImage; imageProxy.height=100; imageProxy.width=100; DragManager.doDrag(dragInitiator, ds, event, imageProxy, 0, 0, 1.00); } private function doDragEnter(event:DragEvent):void { var dragInitiator:List=List(event.currentTarget); DragManager.acceptDragDrop(dragInitiator); } private function doDragDrop(event:DragEvent):void { var dropTarget:List=List(event.currentTarget); secondList.dataProvider = []; doDragExit(event); var items:Array =event.dragSource.dataForFormat("items") as Array; var dropLoc:int = dropTarget.calculateDropIndex(event); for(var i:uint=0; i < items.length; i++) { IList(dropTarget.dataProvider).addItemAt(items, dropLoc ); } }