I use the solution presented here: http://renaun.com/blog/2006/12/08/165/
Works like a charm for any component including Application, Canvas, VBox, HBox, etc. Hope that helps. Juan scalenine.com --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Whitelock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've just started work on the UI/Graphic Design for a Flex application > and I need to tile a seamless image as the application's background. > I've found that while it is possible to specify an image for the > application background, I see no way to tile the image. > > I assume that I'll need to write my own code to tile the image, but > could someone perhaps give me a tip as to where I should begin > looking? Do I need to do something like subclass the Application class > or is there some simple way to insert a custom component so that it > becomes the application's background? > > Thanks! > > Paul >