How can I hide a component and what AS3 code to use to hide a Flex Component from an external swf file?
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I don't understand what you mean by hiding.
You can hide a component from visual display using the visible property on the component. I believe this is is imp,implemened in UIComponent and all Flex Components should be able to access this.
Once a component is added to it's parent, it can never be completely hidden. But, if you create it as a private variable in ActionScript; it'll make it hard to access the data.
Two Independent SWFs generally have no access to code inside the other unless you have set up a localconnection or are loading one SWF inside the other.
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2010-06-15 17:10:41
Well the SWF movie is loaded inside of the Flex project (SWFLoader). I just don't know how to access FLEX components from a standalone but imbedded SWF.
Yan
2010-06-15 18:50:29
and hide is like normally I do in AS3: image.visible=false;just don't know how to access flex properties
Yan
2010-06-15 18:57:32
If your 'loaded swf' components are exposed as public properties you can access them using instructions here: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=controls_15.html
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2010-06-15 19:33:12
you have any example on how to hide "<mx:Image..." component?
Yan
2010-06-16 15:55:07
Set the visible and includateInLayout properties to false; use the instructions I linked to before to modify those properties inside a loaded swf. Or you can give me a call at http://www.asktheflexpert.com and we can work through it together.
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2010-06-16 16:26:15
These are the 2 SWF files which are created in Flex by following your link, but I'm creating mine in Flash Professional...
Yan
2010-06-20 14:40:32
LocalConnection is a Flash class; so you should be able to use it without any issues in Flash Pro.
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2010-06-20 14:55:53