Updated Dec 03, 2008 by pastis
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FAQ

Answers to common Igenko questions

Developement

Flex

I have added a new class in igenko-commons-client project, but other projects report an error when I want to use it !

You have to update export class of igenko-commons-client project by right clicking on the project -> Properties -> Flex Library Build Path -> Select All -> OK

I have added a new class to my Flex project, everything seems to be fine but I have the following message when running it : "Error: A class with the name 'org.igenko...' could not be found."

Flex compiler need to have a reference to your implementation class in your code to include it in the swf or swc compiled component. As we use PranaFramework to inject some classes, you will have to reference you class in the LinkageEnforcer class

I have created or copied a new as class and it seems it is not compiled : no compilation errors, no auto-build

The as classes are compiled only if they are used. Link your as class (calling it or using it) to an existing compiled class and the compilation process should work.

How to get a Flex component from an ID passed as String parameter ?

Use component["myComponentId"] notation

How should I document my MXML code is order to get my comments taken in acount by asddoc generated documentation ?

It is currently not implemented, more details on http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/ASDoc+in+MXML

On a ComboBox component, why selectedItem setter don't select my item even ?

This is a bug : http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-14751 In order to bypass this issue, you should use org.igenko.client.backoffice.view.common.ComboBox instead of mx.controls.ComboBox and call explicitly myComboBox.selectedItem = mySelectedObject. It will select the item based on UID.

Why this data binded text field does not clear itself when setted to a new Object ?

Initialize the String attribute with "" and not with null.

I created a component in common client but I cannot use it into a widget. Why ?

Compile common client project and copy generated igenko-commons-client.swc file into igenko-common-server/src/main/resources/flex/user_libs compile server and launch it. The component should be usable in a widget If error persists, make a mvn clean install -DskipTests to force directory refresh