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• bgergo1988

  

  
  New tags have been added for the new component AS3 Data picker Component
  #  /  posted on Feb 04, 2010
• nidinthb

  

  
  Hi all ,
  there is a Free Classic Date chooser in town
  try this http://code.google.com/p/as3-date-picker/

  
  #  /  posted on Mar 08, 2010
• jelaplan

  

  
  I have a question about usage. I bought this today on a whim to see how it would work in Flex. I thought I'd like this better than the Flex DateChooser and maybe would use it. I haven't used Flash with AS3 much, having done a lot of AS2 SWC components.

  The help file says: Follow these steps: 1 Copy the component to your library. 2 Copy the component files in the same directory where your project files are. 3 Drag the component from the library to the stage.

  I opened data picker as3 component cs3.fla in Flash CS4 and it runs fine. Then I created a new file, switched the library view to data picker as3 component cs3.fla and dragged mc_calendar to the stage. It does run. So, I guess I need to drag all the resources onto the stage.

  Is it really necessary to copy all the component files to to the project directory? If I use this in many projects, that would see tedious. And, I'm prone to modify the ActionScript so it would be hard to keep the versions the same. Is there a way to put these files one place and re-use them?

  Finally, in my original goal of using this in Flex, do you have any suggestions for how I should approach that?

  
  #  /  posted on Oct 01, 2010
• bgergo1988

  

  
  Hi!

  Yeah, there are other ways to use it. Here's a tip:

  copy the swf file into your project, name it (in my example I'll use the dpas3cs3.swf nameing)

  load the swf file into your flex application using a SWFLoader and make a function that will be executed whenever the embedded swf is clicked

  
  Here is the script that defines the initNestedAppProps() function

  Hope this will help you out:) and sorry for my English... I just got home from work and I'm very tired...

  
  #  /  posted on Oct 01, 2010
• bgergo1988

  

  
  It seems that my code sample didn't appear... so I will try to put them here:

  //code for the embed < mx:SWFLoader id="swfloader" source="dpas3cs3.swf" click="initNestedAppProps()" />

  < fx:Script> < ![CDATA[ import flash.net.LocalConnection;

  import mx.controls.Label;
  
  
      [Bindable]
      public var loadedSM:SystemManager;
  
      private function initNestedAppProps():void {
              // here you can call all the public methods of the swf
              // you will need to call the "calendar1" movieclip public methods
              /* here is an example for your code:  <br>    swfloader.content['calendar1'].publicFunctionName(parametersIfThereAny_BlankOtherwise); */
  
          label.text = "year: "+swfloader.content['calendar1'].getYear();
  
      }
  ]]>
  < /fx:Script>
  

  
  #  /  posted on Oct 02, 2010
• nidinthb

  

  
  Hil,
  Open source as3 date picker is updated check out
  google code page
  http://code.google.com/p/as3-date-picker/
  project site
  http://www.infogroupindia.com/blog/?p=454

  Thanks

  
  #  /  posted on Feb 16, 2011