Components with no Symbol in Library, pure AS

[Aldo Bucchi]

Hi all,

As some of you've probably noticed, I've been asking a lot of
questions lately. This is because I am back to Flash after almost a
year of working with other technologies for UI, mainly Swing,
DHTML/Ajax and Flex.
Some things slept my mind, but there are a couple that just don't want
to fit in again.

One of them is the way in which Custom components are created... I
just don't like the idea of requiring a symbol in the library (and
then declare symbolName). I'd preferrably keep everything scripted.

Is there a standard way of doing this??

I believe there should be. After all, it is possible to create all
children, including the boundingBox_mc, at runtime.
But what about the actual Component MovieClip...?

Best Regards,
Aldo

[Mark Winterhalder]

i believe this component set is pure script:
http://osflash.org/doku.php?id=actionstep

since you mentioned swing, this might interest you, too:
http://osflash.org/doku.php?id=aswing

note that both are still under development.

mark

Post by Aldo Bucchi
Hi all,
As some of you've probably noticed, I've been asking a lot of
questions lately. This is because I am back to Flash after almost a
year of working with other technologies for UI, mainly Swing,
DHTML/Ajax and Flex.
Some things slept my mind, but there are a couple that just don't want
to fit in again.
One of them is the way in which Custom components are created... I
just don't like the idea of requiring a symbol in the library (and
then declare symbolName). I'd preferrably keep everything scripted.
Is there a standard way of doing this??
I believe there should be. After all, it is possible to create all
children, including the boundingBox_mc, at runtime.
But what about the actual Component MovieClip...?
Best Regards,
Aldo
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[JesterXL]

http://www.peterjoel.com/blog/index.php?archive=2004_01_01_archive.xml#107550841406346131

----- Original Message -----
From: "Aldo Bucchi" <***@gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 2:58 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] Components with no Symbol in Library, pure AS


Hi all,

As some of you've probably noticed, I've been asking a lot of
questions lately. This is because I am back to Flash after almost a
year of working with other technologies for UI, mainly Swing,
DHTML/Ajax and Flex.
Some things slept my mind, but there are a couple that just don't want
to fit in again.

One of them is the way in which Custom components are created... I
just don't like the idea of requiring a symbol in the library (and
then declare symbolName). I'd preferrably keep everything scripted.

Is there a standard way of doing this??

I believe there should be. After all, it is possible to create all
children, including the boundingBox_mc, at runtime.
But what about the actual Component MovieClip...?

Best Regards,
Aldo

[Aldo Bucchi]

Bulls eye!
Thanks Jesse.

Now, the devil's advocate wonders: is this a "legal" hack? will it
work in Maelstrom?

Post by JesterXL
http://www.peterjoel.com/blog/index.php?archive=2004_01_01_archive.xml#107550841406346131
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 2:58 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] Components with no Symbol in Library, pure AS
Hi all,
As some of you've probably noticed, I've been asking a lot of
questions lately. This is because I am back to Flash after almost a
year of working with other technologies for UI, mainly Swing,
DHTML/Ajax and Flex.
Some things slept my mind, but there are a couple that just don't want
to fit in again.
One of them is the way in which Custom components are created... I
just don't like the idea of requiring a symbol in the library (and
then declare symbolName). I'd preferrably keep everything scripted.
Is there a standard way of doing this??
I believe there should be. After all, it is possible to create all
children, including the boundingBox_mc, at runtime.
But what about the actual Component MovieClip...?
Best Regards,
Aldo
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[JesterXL]

Legal hack? It's not a hack, but a fact of the way Flash compiles.
Additionally, we do it all the time in the MTASC world; works good.

Maelstrom? I'd venture a yes merely because Flash Player's history of
backwards compatability.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Aldo Bucchi" <***@gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Components with no Symbol in Library, pure AS


Bulls eye!
Thanks Jesse.

Now, the devil's advocate wonders: is this a "legal" hack? will it
work in Maelstrom?

Post by JesterXL
http://www.peterjoel.com/blog/index.php?archive=2004_01_01_archive.xml#107550841406346131
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 2:58 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] Components with no Symbol in Library, pure AS
Hi all,
As some of you've probably noticed, I've been asking a lot of
questions lately. This is because I am back to Flash after almost a
year of working with other technologies for UI, mainly Swing,
DHTML/Ajax and Flex.
Some things slept my mind, but there are a couple that just don't want
to fit in again.
One of them is the way in which Custom components are created... I
just don't like the idea of requiring a symbol in the library (and
then declare symbolName). I'd preferrably keep everything scripted.
Is there a standard way of doing this??
I believe there should be. After all, it is possible to create all
children, including the boundingBox_mc, at runtime.
But what about the actual Component MovieClip...?
Best Regards,
Aldo
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