That was very useful...
Thanks!
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Flex Frenzy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm not sure how much you know about Flex or Actionscript, so i
> decided to just give some example code:
>
>
> <!--THIS IS THE IMAGE PORTION-->
> <mx:Image id="myImage" source="pic.jpg"/>
>
> <!--AND THIS IS THE ACTIONSCRIPT EMBEDED IN THE MXML-->
> <mx:Script>
> <![CDATA[
> private var desiredWidth:int = 300
> private function changeWidth():void
> {
> myImage.width = desiredWidth
> }
> ]]>
> </mx:Script>
>
>
> In the first portion the image is defined in the mxml, note I defined
> and id property as well as source. I then use the id again in the
> actionscript. I used it in a function so a button could trigger that
> function and change the width of the image to 'desiredWidth' variable
> at runtime.
>
> I hope this helps
> On Jul 1, 2008, at 10:13 AM, Alex Harui wrote:
>
> >
> > People generally use mx:Image to load jpgs. Once loaded, and
> > assuming you have domain permissions, you can manipulate the bitmap
> > by accessing the mx:Image's content property from AS3
> >
> >
> >
> > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > On Behalf Of pankajtandon2003
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 5:47 AM
> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [flexcoders] How to load an image using mx:Loader
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello folks,
> > I'm a newbie in flex-world!
> > I need to load a Bitmap (.jpg) file using Flex3.
> > Now I've read a bunch of code that describes how to do this using
> > ActionScript 3. But I'm not very sure how Flex 3 and AS3 interact.
> > I've got the Flex 3 Builder Eclipse Plugin and I was hoping I could
> > find an example of loading an image using the <mx:Loader> tag. But
> > strangely I do not see many posts on this forum for this. Could it be
> > that this is the "wrong" way to load an image using Flex?
> >
> > So, specifically, can someone:
> > 1. Provide me with an example of using <mx:Loader> to load a .jpg
> > file.
> > 2. Show me a simple example of how Flex3 tags and AS3 interact. For
> > example, if I wanted to build all UI components using Flex, but do all
> > Image manipulation using AS3.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Pankaj
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
