Comments on: Adobe Flash Builder and Catalyst Tips, Tricks, and Hacks http://www.themorphicgroup.com/blog/2009/06/23/adobe-flash-builder-and-catalyst-tips-tricks-and-hacks/ Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:58:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tim Oxley http://www.themorphicgroup.com/blog/2009/06/23/adobe-flash-builder-and-catalyst-tips-tricks-and-hacks/comment-page-1/#comment-3003 Tim Oxley Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:25:41 +0000 http://www.themorphicgroup.com/blog/?p=86#comment-3003 Hey, We're having the same issues: no 9slice/resizable component support makes this tool mostly useless... I've posted about this in "catalyst ideas", please vote &/or comment: http://ideas.adobe.com/ct/ct_a_view_idea.bix?c=DA4859AD-8934-4F93-983A-4219E2DD9275&idea_id=7C340451-271E-4C0D-AF5E-E32CFAB244EC Thanks Hey,

We’re having the same issues: no 9slice/resizable component support makes this tool mostly useless… I’ve posted about this in “catalyst ideas”, please vote &/or comment:

http://ideas.adobe.com/ct/ct_a_view_idea.bix?c=DA4859AD-8934-4F93-983A-4219E2DD9275&idea_id=7C340451-271E-4C0D-AF5E-E32CFAB244EC

Thanks

]]> By: Giles Roadnight http://www.themorphicgroup.com/blog/2009/06/23/adobe-flash-builder-and-catalyst-tips-tricks-and-hacks/comment-page-1/#comment-2971 Giles Roadnight Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:45:51 +0000 http://www.themorphicgroup.com/blog/?p=86#comment-2971 We had a go at using Catalyst but have basically given up. I think all we will use it for (possibly) is a starting point and each time the design changes either throw our code away or implement the design changes in Flex. You have a few good work arounds here but relying on the order of the children in the components not changing seems a bit flaky! As simple a change as allowing us to add IDs to components in Catalyst would get round a lot of the issues. There are other bigger problems though: no scale 9 support, no swc support (everything is a png), no relative positioning - these all stop us using it. The example that we worked with was a simple login dialogue. The basic dialogue worked fine but when we added an error state with a text field that could take a variable string length we had to throw all the catalyst sizing and positioning code (which is what we wanted it for) away so we could size and position the content according to the size of the text field. We had a go at using Catalyst but have basically given up. I think all we will use it for (possibly) is a starting point and each time the design changes either throw our code away or implement the design changes in Flex.

You have a few good work arounds here but relying on the order of the children in the components not changing seems a bit flaky! As simple a change as allowing us to add IDs to components in Catalyst would get round a lot of the issues.

There are other bigger problems though: no scale 9 support, no swc support (everything is a png), no relative positioning – these all stop us using it.

The example that we worked with was a simple login dialogue. The basic dialogue worked fine but when we added an error state with a text field that could take a variable string length we had to throw all the catalyst sizing and positioning code (which is what we wanted it for) away so we could size and position the content according to the size of the text field.

]]> By: Kirk http://www.themorphicgroup.com/blog/2009/06/23/adobe-flash-builder-and-catalyst-tips-tricks-and-hacks/comment-page-1/#comment-2967 Kirk Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:48:39 +0000 http://www.themorphicgroup.com/blog/?p=86#comment-2967 Your re-sizing thing seems to work pretty well. The drawback is that it scales the whole item -- that is, there's no way to define a 9-slice type resize, for example: to preserve rounded edges. That seems to be a big issue with Catalyst in its current form. You can produce some nice UI elements easily, but they cannot be scaled readily, and there's no 9-slice equivalent for vector art. Hopefully the next Beta addresses these issues. Your re-sizing thing seems to work pretty well. The drawback is that it scales the whole item — that is, there’s no way to define a 9-slice type resize, for example: to preserve rounded edges.

That seems to be a big issue with Catalyst in its current form. You can produce some nice UI elements easily, but they cannot be scaled readily, and there’s no 9-slice equivalent for vector art.

Hopefully the next Beta addresses these issues.

]]> By: Yet another Flash Catalyst / Builder workflow method | Flex Stuff by Gilles Guillemin http://www.themorphicgroup.com/blog/2009/06/23/adobe-flash-builder-and-catalyst-tips-tricks-and-hacks/comment-page-1/#comment-2732 Yet another Flash Catalyst / Builder workflow method | Flex Stuff by Gilles Guillemin Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:38:00 +0000 http://www.themorphicgroup.com/blog/?p=86#comment-2732 [...] This morning (who said it was a hot subject?) The Morphic Group provided some very good insights in Adobe Flash Builder and Catalyst Tips, Tricks, and Hacks [...] [...] This morning (who said it was a hot subject?) The Morphic Group provided some very good insights in Adobe Flash Builder and Catalyst Tips, Tricks, and Hacks [...]

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