Comments on: Using Flash to Skin Flex Components

By: Netphreak

Netphreak — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:06:23 +0000

In reply to JesterXL. It's for vector graphics. Are there any tutorials on this topic Flash scale9 to Flex?

By: JesterXL

JesterXL — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:35:04 +0000

In reply to Netphreak. The Flash IDE cannot do scale9 for bitmaps, only for vector. If you do it for vector, it should work. If you need it for bitmaps, you'll have to use the [Embed] tag so mxmlc can do his magic.

By: Netphreak

Netphreak — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:28:48 +0000

I’m looking for something like 9 slice scaling for buttons etc.

By: JesterXL

JesterXL — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:22:27 +0000

In reply to Netphreak.

Heh, that’s a rabbit hole topic. Bottom line, what you design in Flash is what you see in Flex. Scaling graphics is a large topic. Do you want it to scale? What about maintaining aspect ratio? Is it vector? Do the strokes scale correctly? Is this for mobile? Blah blah blah.

Suffice to say, the quick solution is something like:

http://pastebin.com/C7K2Mqrv

By: Netphreak

Netphreak — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:55:08 +0000

Turns out the compiler did not include the swc, as no components were on stage.

Got it to display a button skin – although the skin does not scale to fit the button text?