Flex progress bar setup....

Question

Hi guys I am trying to make a progress bar to show the my application loading status. I google a lot but it only shows how to use progress bar for elements (ex: images, datagrid). I need to know the progress bar setup for the entire application. I am sorry if this is a noob question. My brain is not working now. Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

Flex already shows a progress bar while the application loads - you can use barColor style to change its color.

If you want to use your custom progress bar, define it in an ActionScript class and assign the class to the preloader property of the <mx:Application/> tag.

preloader:Object
Specifies the path of a SWC component class or ActionScript component class that defines a custom progress bar. A SWC component must be in the same directory as the MXML file or in the WEB-INF/flex/user_classes directory of your Flex web application.

Note: This property cannot be set by ActionScript code; it must be set in MXML code.