You can create and work with display objects, including Flex UIComponents, without adding them to the display list, so they are in memory only not on the screen. Or you can add them to the display but set visible=false. Cheers, Tim
________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of arieljake Sent: Saturday, 16 February 2008 7:58 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] "headless" mode Can a library like the Flex Charting be used in headless mode if I don't want to display the chart but rather just want to iterate over multiple data sets and generate a JPG image of the chart for each data set, for saving to a file in AIR?