Mediamonkey
%Europe/Berlin %574 %2007, 14:47
Ha lui,
Ik heb onlangs een vraag gesteld op de flexcoders mailinglist omtrent de beste manier om meerdere content-pagina's binnen een ViewStack weer te geven. Het mailtje staat hieronder in het engels. Moet geen probleem zijn toch? Zeker niet voor wie er überhaupt een antwoord op zou kunnen weten. :)
Greetz,
Mediamonkey
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I'm building an application that will contain a ViewStack with multiple pages. After some experimenting I'm confused about the best practice for using the ViewStack as a content holder. I'd like any advice anyone might have on best practices please.
-- Situation --
I'm loading content via xml: 4 categories with each 50 pages full of content (text, images, mp3's and pre-CS3 swf's). The user should be able to navigate through these categories and each category's pages, using fancy transitional effects, AND be able to use History to go backwards and forwards through the path using a back/next button.
-- Solutions --
1. I could fill the ViewStack each time the categoryIndex changes with the amount of pages it has in the xml. That way I can easily navigate through them. However, when adding an image to each page, the memory begins to clog up. So I bound the source with an additional condition: source="{(visible) ? model.selectedPage : null}"
This works nicely, but now I get the feeling I'm not using the ViewStack's functionalities correctly. Using this method the ViewStack has 49 invisible page-objects without content and one currently visible with the correct content in it. Doesn't feel right for some reason.
2. I could add just one Page object to the stage instead of using a ViewStack and bind model.currentPage to its content. However, this way I can't use Effects to turn the page, nor States for a History functionality. So this isn't really an option.
3. I could build my own PageManager that contains 2 pages. One for the current content and another one to swap with, using an Effect. This manager should also be able to keep track of States and add them to a custom HistoryManager. The problem is that this will probably take up a lot of time, and I'm sure there must be a far easier way using the default components in Flex.
-- Question --
There must be many more examples around but I can't find the right keywords to describe the situation. I hope someone has been working on the same implementation as I am, and is willing to share his (or hers) experience with me / us all.
Ik heb onlangs een vraag gesteld op de flexcoders mailinglist omtrent de beste manier om meerdere content-pagina's binnen een ViewStack weer te geven. Het mailtje staat hieronder in het engels. Moet geen probleem zijn toch? Zeker niet voor wie er überhaupt een antwoord op zou kunnen weten. :)
Greetz,
Mediamonkey
--
I'm building an application that will contain a ViewStack with multiple pages. After some experimenting I'm confused about the best practice for using the ViewStack as a content holder. I'd like any advice anyone might have on best practices please.
-- Situation --
I'm loading content via xml: 4 categories with each 50 pages full of content (text, images, mp3's and pre-CS3 swf's). The user should be able to navigate through these categories and each category's pages, using fancy transitional effects, AND be able to use History to go backwards and forwards through the path using a back/next button.
-- Solutions --
1. I could fill the ViewStack each time the categoryIndex changes with the amount of pages it has in the xml. That way I can easily navigate through them. However, when adding an image to each page, the memory begins to clog up. So I bound the source with an additional condition: source="{(visible) ? model.selectedPage : null}"
This works nicely, but now I get the feeling I'm not using the ViewStack's functionalities correctly. Using this method the ViewStack has 49 invisible page-objects without content and one currently visible with the correct content in it. Doesn't feel right for some reason.
2. I could add just one Page object to the stage instead of using a ViewStack and bind model.currentPage to its content. However, this way I can't use Effects to turn the page, nor States for a History functionality. So this isn't really an option.
3. I could build my own PageManager that contains 2 pages. One for the current content and another one to swap with, using an Effect. This manager should also be able to keep track of States and add them to a custom HistoryManager. The problem is that this will probably take up a lot of time, and I'm sure there must be a far easier way using the default components in Flex.
-- Question --
There must be many more examples around but I can't find the right keywords to describe the situation. I hope someone has been working on the same implementation as I am, and is willing to share his (or hers) experience with me / us all.