Comments on: Screenshot step-by-step instructions of how to use the Flex CoverFlow component

by: tomin

Sun, 04 May 2008 13:40:55 +0000

Thank you for developing such a cool component!

I’m an absolute newbie to Flex and flash.
After many tests and errors, I build up my first CoverFlow.
But I don’t know how to do further more / extra advance.

I want to know how to fetch a HTTP service (XML/ RSS) and loop the Panel image URL.
And click event to other URL.

Is there any examples I can follow? Thanks.

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Sat, 03 May 2008 19:38:55 +0000

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by: Jason

Sat, 03 May 2008 06:50:11 +0000

ok - got it…

it was a case of setting the ‘Source Path’ for the Flex Project to where I had extracted the components of the ‘dougmccune_coverflowlib.zip’ file.

Then - copying the ‘CoverFlow_lib.swc’ file into the ‘/libs’ directory of the Flex Project.

Flex updates and includes the custom components in the component library!

Viola!

by: Jason

Sat, 03 May 2008 06:32:12 +0000

hi there…
have tried getting this to work recently and am a little confused about the directory structures that make ‘best practice’ setting up of flex projects.

Questions:
1. Hard drive/directories - is it best to have resources for projects on the same hard drive as the default directory for projects (ie: for referencing?)

2. Each time I try to add a FLEX PROJECT ‘CoverFlow’ I get the error - “nothing was specified to be included in the library” - Even when following Dan’s notes, and including the ‘CoverFlow_lib.swc’ file in the ‘Libs’ directory, the error remains.

Any light you can shed would be much appreciated.