Comments on: UIComponent VS. ProgrammaticSkin http://richapps.de/?p=45 Adobe technology (Flex,Flash,AIR) Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:28:53 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Manish Jethani http://richapps.de/?p=45&cpage=1#comment-134 Manish Jethani Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:04:36 +0000 http://www.richapps.de/?p=45#comment-134 DataGridHeaderSeparator actually extends SpriteAsset. You could try doing the same. DataGridHeaderSeparator actually extends SpriteAsset. You could try doing the same.

]]> By: Manish Jethani http://richapps.de/?p=45&cpage=1#comment-136 Manish Jethani Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:03:41 +0000 http://www.richapps.de/?p=45#comment-136 mx.skins.halo.DataGridHeaderSeparator actually extends SpriteAsset, so you could try doing that. mx.skins.halo.DataGridHeaderSeparator actually extends SpriteAsset, so you could try doing that.

]]> By: Administrator http://richapps.de/?p=45&cpage=1#comment-135 Administrator Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:55:31 +0000 http://www.richapps.de/?p=45#comment-135 Thanx Ely!!! I will try this. Thanx Ely!!! I will try this.

]]> By: Ely Greenfield http://richapps.de/?p=45&cpage=1#comment-133 Ely Greenfield Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:02:15 +0000 http://www.richapps.de/?p=45#comment-133 The Flex framework and components don't have any hard dependencies on ProgrammaticSkin...typically, our components only require that their skins implement the IFlexDisplayObject interface. ProgrammaticSkin is just a convenient base class to use if you want to write a skin. That means that you can write your own skin class based on Sprite, if you need to. So the easiest thing for you to do would be: 1) grab the source for ProgrammaticSkin out of the framework source. 2) Save it into a new file of your own choosing . 3) rename the class to match your new filename. 4) change the 'extends Shape' to 'extends Sprite' in your new class. Done. Now you've got a lightweight skin baseclass that extends the core Sprite object, and can support child objects. It's worth remembering that Flex components...anything that extends UIComponent...must be placed inside of other UIComponents. So if you're looking to embed _UIComponents_ in your skin, then you still have to use UIComponent as your baseclass. Ely Greenfield. Architect, Flex SDK. Adobe Systems. The Flex framework and components don’t have any hard dependencies on ProgrammaticSkin…typically, our components only require that their skins implement the IFlexDisplayObject interface. ProgrammaticSkin is just a convenient base class to use if you want to write a skin.

That means that you can write your own skin class based on Sprite, if you need to. So the easiest thing for you to do would be:

1) grab the source for ProgrammaticSkin out of the framework source.
2) Save it into a new file of your own choosing .
3) rename the class to match your new filename.
4) change the ‘extends Shape’ to ‘extends Sprite’ in your new class.

Done. Now you’ve got a lightweight skin baseclass that extends the core Sprite object, and can support child objects.

It’s worth remembering that Flex components…anything that extends UIComponent…must be placed inside of other UIComponents. So if you’re looking to embed _UIComponents_ in your skin, then you still have to use UIComponent as your baseclass.

Ely Greenfield.
Architect, Flex SDK.
Adobe Systems.

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