[thelist] Laying out components in Flash
Marcus Andersson
marcus at bristav.se
Tue May 18 14:44:48 CDT 2004
First, I'm pretty new on Flash so go easy on me.
I'm trying to do the following in Flash:
Load an XML file of the form:
<application name="An Application" description="etc" ...>
<toolbar .../>
<content>
<panel layout="column" name="panelTest">
<column>
<textfield label="The label" name="aTextfield" .../>
<textfield label="Another field" name="anotherField" .../>
</column>
... more columns etc...
</panel>
</content>
</application>
I have mostly figured out how to get the XML from the server and do the tree-walking and have also figured out
how to create instances of components on-the-fly. The problem comes when I want to lay out the components.
I need a way to position components relative to other components (the way you mostly do in HTML) and also
inside parent containers (a la divs) which would result in that if you move the container you also move it's
children. I should also say that it must be possible to do this from script (if possible). Is it possible or
do I have to do some layout manager stuff (a la layout managers in Java)? All I seem to be able to do is
position the components absolute :(
Any help/pointers is much appreciated.
Regards,
/Marcus
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