One other question though - how come I can’t stretch the vector symbol when used in this fashion? I mean, having a width and height attribute works if they are both the same value - then it scales the symbol - however, having a larger width (i.e. changing its aspect ratio) than height will not stretch the symbol at all??

If I am using the Flexbuilder plugin in MyEclipse, can this method you mention here work with code completion in the mxml files?

I mean, if I set up the class and package like that, will the constants/swf library symbols appear in dropdown code complete popups while editing the mxml files?

thanks :)

Problem solved with your solution! using the embed directive!

thanks once again…

Peter

I don’t believe you can use the Embed directive in ActionScript. You’d need to use the [Embed] metadata to embed your desired icon.
Then, once the asset is embedded, you can do something like the following:

[Bindable]
[Embed("icons.swf#bullet_star")]
public var bulletStarIcon:Class;

private function init():void {
	var button:Button = new Button();
	button.label = "Star";
	button.setStyle("icon", bulletStarIcon);
	addChild(button);
}

I’ll try and post a new example later today showing the full code, but this should be enough to get you started.

Peter

I have a query!
If I want to use flash movieclip in flex as button then it gives error.

for example:

var sample_btn:Button = new Button()
sample_btn.icon = Embed('assets/icons.swf', symbol='bulletWarning')

it gives error any suggestion please!

Are you using one of the snippets from above? If you can post some code (or a link to the code on your server — sometimes my comment form eats HTMLy syntax), I can take a look.

Peter