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no more backgroundImage on Application

  • March 21, 2009
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It seems backgroundImage is no longer a style or property of Application, what is the proper way to implement this in Gumbo? It seems IPreloaderDisplay has a mechanism
to load an Application background, is this related?
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March 23, 2009
<div class=Section1><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Fuad<br />Kamal,<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>For<br />an example of a custom FxApplication skin which uses a &#8220;scaled&#8221;<br />background image fill, see <a<br />href="http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/03/22/setting-a-background-image-on-an-fxapplication-in-flex-gumbo/">http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/03/22/setting-a-background-image-on-an-fxapplication-in-flex-gumbo/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Peter<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";<br />color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";<br />color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><br /><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span<br />style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Darrell Loverin<br />[mailto:member@adobeforums.com] <br><br /><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 23, 2009 9:05 AM<br><br /><b>To:</b> flexsdk-dev@adobeforums.com<br><br /><b>Subject:</b> RE: no more backgroundImage on Application<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>A new message was posted by<br />Darrell Loverin in <br><br /><br><br /><b>Developers</b> --<br><br />  no more backgroundImage on Application<o:p></o:p></p><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span<br />style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Application<br />still uses the backgroundImage style. The style is documented on the Container<br />class, which Application subclasses. The new Gumbo container, FxApplication,<br />does not use subclass Container, and does not use the backgroundImage style.<br />You can create a background image for FxApplication by creating a custom skin.</span><o:p></o:p></p><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span<br />style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span<br />style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>-Darrell</span><o:p></o:p></p><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span<br />style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span<br />style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span<br />style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Fuad Kamal<br />[mailto:member@adobeforums.com] <br><br /><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 21, 2009 6:25 PM<br><br /><b>To:</b> flexsdk-dev@adobeforums.com<br><br /><b>Subject:</b> no more backgroundImage on Application</span><o:p></o:p></p><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>A new<br />discussion was started by Fuad Kamal in <br><br /><br><br /><b>Developers</b> --<br><br />  no more backgroundImage on Application<br><br /><br><br />It seems backgroundImage is no longer a style or property of Application, what<br />is the proper way to implement this in Gumbo? It seems IPreloaderDisplay has a<br />mechanism <br><br />to load an Application background, is this related? <o:p></o:p></p><br /><br /><div class=MsoNormal><br /><br /><hr size=2 width=200 style='width:150.0pt' align=left><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>View/reply<br />at <a href="http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?13@@.59b85ef5">no more<br />backgroundImage on Application</a><br><br />Replies by email are OK.<br><br />Use the <a<br />href="http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?280@@.59b85ef5!folder=.3c060fa3">unsubscribe</a><br />form to cancel your email subscription.<o:p></o:p></p><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><br /><br /><div class=MsoNormal><br /><br /><hr size=2 width=200 style='width:150.0pt' align=left><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>View/reply at <a<br />href="http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?13@@.59b85ef5/0">no more backgroundImage<br />on Application</a><br><br />Replies by email are OK.<br><br />Use the <a<br />href="http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?280@@.59b85ef5!folder=.3c060fa3">unsubscribe</a><br />form to cancel your email subscription.<o:p></o:p></p><br /><br /></div>
Participating Frequently
March 23, 2009
<div class=Section1><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";<br />color:#1F497D'>Application still uses the backgroundImage style. The style is<br />documented on the Container class, which Application subclasses. The new Gumbo<br />container, FxApplication, does not use subclass Container, and does not use the<br />backgroundImage style. You can create a background image for FxApplication by<br />creating a custom skin.<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";<br />color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";<br />color:#1F497D'>-Darrell<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";<br />color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><br /><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span<br />style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Fuad Kamal<br />[mailto:member@adobeforums.com] <br><br /><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 21, 2009 6:25 PM<br><br /><b>To:</b> flexsdk-dev@adobeforums.com<br><br /><b>Subject:</b> no more backgroundImage on Application<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>A new discussion was started by<br />Fuad Kamal in <br><br /><br><br /><b>Developers</b> --<br><br />  no more backgroundImage on Application<br><br /><br><br />It seems backgroundImage is no longer a style or property of Application, what<br />is the proper way to implement this in Gumbo? It seems IPreloaderDisplay has a<br />mechanism <br><br />to load an Application background, is this related? <o:p></o:p></p><br /><br /><div class=MsoNormal><br /><br /><hr size=2 width=200 style='width:150.0pt' align=left><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>View/reply at <a<br />href="http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?13@@.59b85ef5">no more backgroundImage on<br />Application</a><br><br />Replies by email are OK.<br><br />Use the <a<br />href="http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?280@@.59b85ef5!folder=.3c060fa3">unsubscribe</a><br />form to cancel your email subscription.<o:p></o:p></p><br /><br /></div>