How do you get it to show ? I created a throbber object in an initialization handler, the object was created, and I ran play() , but I don't see anything on the screen. What am I missing ?
Reid Priedhorsky wrote: > > Troy Gilbert wrote: > >> Yes, that's a very appealing architecture. We don't have Flash here, > >> though, just Flex, and while we could track down Flash, install it (the > >> University has a site license, but there's paperwork to get it), and > >> learn to use it, I was hoping someone out there might be able to point > >> me to such SWF's that already exist. I'd hate to reinvent the wheel for > >> something that's been done so many times already. > > > > I did a bit of googling a while back for the same thing and wasn't > > able to find any SWF throbbers. There's a website that'll generate > > animated GIF throbbers (those of choice for the AJAX world), which is > > very nice... if only Flash supported animated GIFs (which, > > tangentially, raises the point of why does Flash not support GIF > > animation? Patent issues?). > > > > Of course, you could grab a GIF throbber (great term, I've not heard > > that before!) and then grab one of the several animated GIF components > > for Flex (I believe ByteArray has a decent one, but I'm sure there are > > others). Should be just a slight bump in code size for the GIF > > animator then you can use any number of web-based throbbers. > > Hi Troy, > > Thanks for the suggestion. I pursued this route for a little while > (that's a neat site) but came up dry because I didn't want to pay for an > animated GIF component (only one I found was payware) and the GIF to SWF > converters I tried were all crummy. > > So, I took a couple of hours and implemented something I'm happy with. > I've attached the code. Please share and enjoy (BSD license). Comments > and suggestions are most welcome. > > Take care, > > Reid > >
