Hi Chris,
yes, basically the presenter variable defined in the thumb skin is done
like this:
<fx:Declarations>
<presenters:SliderView_Presenter id="presenter" />
</fx:Declarations>
you add these 3 lines, and then use the presenter.buttonColour in the
component where you want to use it.
BR,
Martin Miko
On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Tintin <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi Martin
>
> Would you please explain one last point which I can't quite see. You use
> the following code in the custom HSlider:
>
> // injecting the presenter
> public function set presenter(p:SliderView_Presenter):void {
> _presenter = p;
>
> if (thumbInst)
> thumbInst.skin.presenter = _presenter;
> }
>
> Did you create a property named 'presenter' within the Thumb's skin mxml
> file to pass it the HSlider's presenter class?
>
> I can see that I need to pass the presenter to the Thumb's skin so that I
> can bind my Thumb Rect Fill Color property back to the uint property
> defined in my SliderView_Presenter class, but I can't see quite how.
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris
>
> On 4 Feb 2014, at 18:49, Martin Miko [via Apache Flex Users] wrote:
>
> > Hi Chris,
> >
> > I guess you almost have it working now! :) As you wrote in your previous
> > message, you need to pass the SliderView_Presenter instance all the way
> > from the place where you created it, to the place where you want to use
> it
> > (skin). If you pass that instance all the way to the thumb button's skin,
> > then you can use the data binding exactly in the way you wanted.
> >
> >
> > BR,
> > Martin Miko
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Tintin <[hidden email]>wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you for your considered replies. I'm starting to get it now.
> > >
> > > It looks as if you are creating a custom HSlider with additional
> properties
> > > named 'presenter' and 'thumbInst'. When the creationComplete event is
> > > called
> > > you pass in the SliderView_Presenter class. When you Set the presenter
> > > property you check to ensure you have an instance of the 'thumb' part
> and
> > > if
> > > you do then you assign thumbInst.skin.presenter the instance of
> > > SliderView_Presenter (this must have to be the same instance and not
> > > instantiate a new instance otherwise when a property in the original
> > > SliderView_Presenter class changes the skin will not see this change?).
> > >
> > > This looks to me as if I first need to create a property within the
> thumb
> > > skin named 'presenter' so that I can set it with the
> SliderView_Property
> > > instance I'm passing in?
> > >
> > > In my SliderView_Presenter class I assign a property named
> buttonColour a
> > > uint value by default and when a parameter is passed in from the host
> web
> > > page a simple switch function assigns the correct colour depending on
> the
> > > parameter value passed in. How can I use this to update, say a
> rectangle,
> > > in
> > > my skin please?
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > >
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