OK, I'll put together the AS version of the app.
On 1/28/13 3:35 PM, "Om" <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 11:20 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/27/13 10:50 PM, "Om" <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>> But they dont seem to match up. Can you please respond with how the
>> mxml
>>>>> would look when redone as a pure actionscript file?
>>>>>
>>>> There are two possible answers to this question. One is for the
>> question:
>>>> what would the generated AS for the MXML file look like? It would look
>>>> somewhat like the FlexJSTest.as that you found, but it is a bit
>> different
>>>> because when I finally got the compiler working it was easier to change
>>>> some
>>>> of the 'generated' code a bit. If you are really interested, I will
>> try to
>>>> hand-code it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> This would be good. I played my hand around hand-coding based on this
>> wiki
>>> note [1]
>>> But I would rather see your version.
>> I'm not sure why you want to be hand-coding AS versions of MXML files.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> The other answer is for the question: How would you write this app in
>>>> ActionScript? If I were to do it, it would not use the data array at
>> all,
>>>> it would call new Button and new Label and set properties and add event
>>>> handlers.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>> I am curious how this would work behind the scenes. But I am not in a
>>> hurry to look at the implementation details.
>>>
>>> A couple other questions while I have your attention:
>>>
>>> Will the FlexJSTest_again app compile with the current mxmlc? I saw your
>>> note in the wiki that says that it wont. Is there any way to make it
>> work?
>> The status page supercedes the original wiki page.
>> FalconJS converts FlexJSTest.mxml to FlexJSTest.js. Falcon (assuming you
>> set the mxml.children-as-data flag) will convert FlexJSTest.mxml to a
>> running SWF.
>>>
>>> I have hooked up the falcon compiler to my flash builder (4.6) as an
>>> external run tool. The app compiles fine, but the IDE keeps showing
>>> errors. Any way I can jerry rig Flash Builder to use the Falcon mxmlc?
>> I haven't tried. I assume you can swap out the original MXMLC compiler for
>> the Falcon JARs.
>>
>>>
>>> I do have Flash Builder 4.7 installed. I am willing to switch if that
>>> would make this process any simpler.
>>>
>>> Sorry for so many questions. I am trying to wrap my head around all
>> this.
>>> My end goal here is to churn out Stage3D based Button and Label classes.
>>> I need to first set up everything so that I can work without having to
>>> jump through hoops to compile every code change I make.
>> If that's your goal, I would skip the MXML part for now and build out a
>> simple test app in ActionScript. Then you can do it all in either version
>> of FlashBuilder with the Apache Flex SDK and its MXMLC.
>>
>> I think FlexJSTest.as would look something like this:
>>
>> public class FlexJSTest extends Application
>> {
>> public function FlexJSTest()
>> {
>> model = new MyModel();
>> model.labelText = "Hello World!";
>> valuesImpl = new MySimpleValuesImpl();
>> initialView = new MyInitialView();
>> controller = new MyController();
>> }
>>
>> private var controller:MyController;
>> public var model:MyModel;
>> }
>>
>> And MyInitialView.as would look something like this:
>>
>> public class MyInitialView extends ViewBase
>> {
>> public function MyInitialView()
>> {
>> super();
>> }
>>
>> override public function initUI(model:Object):void
>> {
>> super.initUI(model);
>> lbl = new Label();
>> lbl.addToParent(this);
>> ...
>> }
>>
>> public var lbl:Label;
>>
>> private function clickHandler(event:Event):void
>> {
>> dispatchEvent(new Event("buttonClicked"));
>> }
>>
>> But I haven't tried it. If you get stuck trying to figure it out, I will
>> take a look on Monday. You might need to wait for the initialize event
>> before setting up the four instances in the Application's constructor.
>>
>>
> Tried it. After fixing a few errors (ex. namespace mismatch because
> controller, model etc. are already defined in Application.as, etc.) Am
> stuck pretty bad. I see some inconsistencies in how the type of model
> (Object vs. IBeadModel) The app compiles fine but I dont see a label on
> the screen.
>
> I see a comment in Label.as that the view needs to be swapped out, not sure
> what to make of it.
>
> It would be nice to have your original AS version so that I have a good
> starting point in understanding this framework.
>
> Thanks,
> Om
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Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
