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02 05 2008

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

Posted by: Doug, in Uncategorized

Dan McAdams has posted a quick guide to help people get up and running with the CoverFlow Flex component SWC file. This component has generated a lot of interest, which is great, but it also means that there are a lot of people who are brand new to Flex (and hence don’t know how to use SWC files or how to set up Flex projects) trying to use the component. My posts about coverflow have gotten quite a few comments from people who don’t know how to get the examples I posted working, or can’t figure out how to use the coverflow library in their own applications. Thus far I haven’t spent the time to go through a detailed step-by-step tutorial on exactly how to use a SWC library in your own projects (although google really does do wonders people…).

So thanks Dan! If anyone is having trouble with getting the coverflow library to work make sure to check out Dan’s screenshots and his tips.

Here are a few links to the Flex documentation that explain SWC files and how to use them in your projects:

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4 Responses to “Screenshot step-by-step instructions of how to use the Flex CoverFlow component”

  1. Jason says:
    May 2nd, 2008 at 10:32 pm

    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.

  2. Jason says:
    May 2nd, 2008 at 10:50 pm

    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!

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  4. tomin says:
    May 4th, 2008 at 5:40 am

    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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