Comments on: Flash MX 2004 Framework Component Tutorial

By: Sid_M

Sid_M — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:48:40 +0000

Follow-on to my previous post.

Since UIComponent mixes in UIEventDispatcher, the above code does not require any of the code mixing in EventDispatcher, thus it doesn’t need the following lines:

static private var inited:Boolean = false;
…
public var addEventListener:Function;
public var removeEventListener:Function;
private var dispatchEvent:Function;
…
if(!inited)
{
inited = true;
mx.events.EventDispatcher.initialize(SignInView.prototype);
}

By: Sid_M

Sid_M — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:30:15 +0000

I don’t know if this was true in MX 2004, but at least as of Flash 8, the UIEventDispatcher class is mixed into the UIComponent class, so you don’t (any longer) need the following lines:

public var addEventListener:Function;
public var removeEventListener:Function;
private var dispatchEvent:Function;

By: driverjase

driverjase — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 21:05:32 +0000

This is too nice of a tutorial to not offer a printable version, so I converted it into a word doc ... you can get it from my website until JesterXL wants to host it ;) http://www.digitalflipbook.com/flash/ComponentFramework.doc Flashpaper version: http://www.digitalflipbook.com/flash/ComponentFramework.swf Hope you don't mind, but I went through and tweaked a few of the ...er... gramatical errors just to make it easier to follow.

By: Stephen Hueners

Stephen Hueners — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:35:30 +0000

Much appreciate the time taken to post this. I’ve learned alot. But of course it’s spawned a question or two…

Given this is the V in an MVC pattern would input validation take place here or in the controller? e.g. if one required a valid email address would one want to handle that in the click function prior to dispatching the event?

Also….it’d be ultra cool to see a barebones Controller written against this View.

By: eyezberg

eyezberg — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:51:03 +0000

This is so cool I had to feature it!
Thank you!!