RE: [flexcoders] Who to contain a UIComponent?

[Merrill, Jason]

I had a similar question last week, and what I ended up doing, thanks to
some help on this list, was extending UIComponent and overriding some
methods, something like this:
 
package components
{
 import mx.core.UIComponent;
 import flash.geom.Rectangle;
 
 public class MyComponent extends UIComponent
 {
  public var container:UIComponent;
  
  public function MyComponent()
  {
   super();
  }
  
  override protected function updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number,
unscaledHeight:Number):void 
  {
   super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight); 
   measuredWidth = unscaledWidth;
   measuredHeight = unscaledHeight; 
  }
  
        override protected function measure():void
        {
         var rect:Rectangle = getBounds(container);
         measuredWidth = rect.width;
         measuredHeight = rect.height;
        }
}
 
 

Jason Merrill 
Bank of America 
GT&O L&LD Solutions Design & Development 
eTools & Multimedia 

Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community 



 


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        From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel
        Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:18 PM
        To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
        Subject: [flexcoders] Who to contain a UIComponent?
        
        

        
        Hey guys...
        
        I'm working on a component that extends from IUComponent. I need
to
        set it as a child of a container, so that when the size of the
        UIComponent changes scrollbars will appear in the container.
        
        But Flex always draws the UIComponent on top of the container. 
        
        What container should I use?