Flexible Code

This is a huge topic. I’m not going to do it any justice at all.

I was using NativeWindows to build my custom system and found quite a few issues figuring out how to “draw” to them the same as the main application window.

Several issues I found which killed me were:

1. Tooltips from items on the new NativeWindow were showing up on the original ApplicationWindow
2. The popup manager showed things on the App window as well.
3. Scroll bars were not draggable

So I decided it was me, and not just the “beta” of AIR that was at fault and it was time to investigate the real “mx:Window” class.

I am on Beta 3. But anyone reading this almost certainly is as well (or later). So who knows when all of this really started working.

I effectively replaced everything NativeWindow with Window in my application. I then went and set all the chrome and transparency settings on the window and it mostly worked. I had to rework my hand-managed drag-manager and oddly enough there was a funny “not system” chrome around the window I couldn’t get over.

In the end Bradacle on the post referenced below found the answer for me:

showFlexChrome=”false”

That takes off the extra chrome which can be found on the mx:Window object.

More info:

http://blog.everythingflex.com/2007/07/17/air-windows/#comment-4999

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