Comments on: I need AIR / Actionscript assistance http://critterscode.com/2008/01/15/i-need-air-actionscript-assistance/ This is a picture of a bridge and a city. I like bridges and cities. They make me smile. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:25:42 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Critter http://critterscode.com/2008/01/15/i-need-air-actionscript-assistance/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Critter Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:59:57 +0000 http://critterscode.com/2008/01/15/i-need-air-actionscript-assistance/#comment-136 Aye. Now that you mention it... that does sound familiar.. and is possibly what I used to sort the issue. Aye. Now that you mention it… that does sound familiar.. and is possibly what I used to sort the issue.

]]> By: Denis http://critterscode.com/2008/01/15/i-need-air-actionscript-assistance/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Denis Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:47:31 +0000 http://critterscode.com/2008/01/15/i-need-air-actionscript-assistance/#comment-135 I remember I have had similar problem and I used parentDocument in the itemRenderer to access functions in the "main.mxml" I remember I have had similar problem and I used parentDocument in the itemRenderer to access functions in the “main.mxml”

]]> By: Critter http://critterscode.com/2008/01/15/i-need-air-actionscript-assistance/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Critter Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:40:36 +0000 http://critterscode.com/2008/01/15/i-need-air-actionscript-assistance/#comment-134 I did, but it's been ages. I could probably dig up the code if it is something you need assistance with... ? I did, but it's been ages. I could probably dig up the code if it is something you need assistance with… ?

]]> By: Denis http://critterscode.com/2008/01/15/i-need-air-actionscript-assistance/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Denis Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:35:27 +0000 http://critterscode.com/2008/01/15/i-need-air-actionscript-assistance/#comment-133 Did you find a solution? Did you find a solution?

]]> By: Critter http://critterscode.com/2008/01/15/i-need-air-actionscript-assistance/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Critter Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:20:51 +0000 http://critterscode.com/2008/01/15/i-need-air-actionscript-assistance/#comment-5 Hey Joe.. No, I don't think you are being a wiseass... I am new to this.. so whatever advise you can offer is good for me.. basically the timeline is populated and displays an image,author,time of post, language. and path to flv so clicking on the image.. will open up a window that has a VideoDisplay on it.. and will have, obviously, the flv passed to it and a few other bits of information for display. I had tried to fire the function from timeline.mxml, but it kept opening up more than one video window... but creating the window on "creationComplete" was fired off for every item in the tilelist.. simeon was able to show me how to broadcast a message from the tilelist component back to main.mxml, but I am curious to know if I should handle it a different way... Hey Joe.. No, I don’t think you are being a wiseass… I am new to this.. so whatever advise you can offer is good for me..

basically the timeline is populated and displays an image,author,time of post, language. and path to flv

so clicking on the image.. will open up a window that has a VideoDisplay on it.. and will have, obviously, the flv passed to it and a few other bits of information for display.

I had tried to fire the function from timeline.mxml, but it kept opening up more than one video window… but creating the window on “creationComplete” was fired off for every item in the tilelist..

simeon was able to show me how to broadcast a message from the tilelist component back to main.mxml, but I am curious to know if I should handle it a different way…

]]> By: Joe Rinehart http://critterscode.com/2008/01/15/i-need-air-actionscript-assistance/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Joe Rinehart Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:59:45 +0000 http://critterscode.com/2008/01/15/i-need-air-actionscript-assistance/#comment-4 Hey Critter, Not trying to be a wiseass, but you shouldn't reference a function in main.mxml from an itemRenderer instance (Timeline). If you're in an MVC setup, your view (Timeline) can interact with a controller, letting it dispatch an event or otherwise handle an interaction that the main app will respond to. If you're not building out such a system, I'd look into having your Timeline item renderer implement IDropInListItemRenderer, which'll at least give it a way to "reach" the containing TileList. It violates encapsulation completely, but you can in turn use a property on the TileList to get to the containing document. Maybe if you describe what the function in main does and the situation I can help more? Hey Critter,

Not trying to be a wiseass, but you shouldn’t reference a function in main.mxml from an itemRenderer instance (Timeline).

If you’re in an MVC setup, your view (Timeline) can interact with a controller, letting it dispatch an event or otherwise handle an interaction that the main app will respond to.

If you’re not building out such a system, I’d look into having your Timeline item renderer implement IDropInListItemRenderer, which’ll at least give it a way to “reach” the containing TileList. It violates encapsulation completely, but you can in turn use a property on the TileList to get to the containing document.

Maybe if you describe what the function in main does and the situation I can help more?

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