Components and dynamic content in flash??

[RipX]

I have a specific requirement for a UI component that I am working on. I would like to make the component so that a designer can update a graphics in live preview mode whilst keeping the associated class the same.

For example...

Lets take a button component which has an icon in the background and label. By setting an inspectable, I am able to set the label easily, but is it possible to point the icon to an image in say, the library or remotely etc? and have the image show as the background inside flash?

Many thanks for looking


RipX

[EDIT]
Ahhh...I'm not able to load extenal files into the client so the graphic would have to be a library asset? Possible?

[cancerinform]

This works. First define the new parameter.

[Inspectable(name = "image",type = String)]
public function set image (im:String):void
{
_image = im;
}
public function get image ():String
{
return _image;
}


Then in the component script you write this:

if (image != null)
{
var _Class:Object = getDefinitionByName(image) as Class;
myBitmap = new _Class(width,height);
var bMap:Bitmap = new Bitmap(myBitmap);
addChild (bMap);
}


Somewhere you define myBitmap and cast as BitmapData.

In the library you have a default image, here "dfaul". Click on the image in the library and go to properties and export for actionscript. Give a class name. I usually use the name of the image but without the extension. You have to do that with all the images in the library.