Clipping in a container

Hi all,
I tried to draw in a canvas using Graphics and I realised
that I could not clip the content.
Any suggestion?
thanks

You need a clipping mask on the Canvas. When you using the
drawing API you are using Flash, not Flex objects; the Canvas will
clip Flex objects, but not things drawn.
Assume I have: <mx:Canvas id="surface" width="200"
height="200" ... />
This function will draw a clipped rectangle into it:
private function drawInCanvas() : void
var mask:UIComponent = new UIComponent();
mask.graphics.beginFill(0,1);
mask.graphics.drawRect(0,0,201,201);
mask.graphics.endFill();
surface.mask = mask;
surface.addChild(mask);
var g:Graphics = surface.graphics;
g.clear();
g.lineStyle(1,0xFF0000);
g.drawRect(0,0,200,200);
g.beginFill(0x00FF00,0.65);
g.drawRect( 100, 100, 300, 300 );
g.endFill();
I created the mask as a UIComponent because I need to add it
as a child of the Canvas in addition to telling the Canvas that
this child is the mask.

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> Ok thanks, I'll see what he also has to say as well.
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"parent" feature, which points to the timeline that contains
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in question. Buttons also feature a "parent" property. In
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underscore.
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functions, so
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button. Instead,
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a good idea, in any case, because it allows you to put all
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Properties heading
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to find out
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to.)
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via the
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animation.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER,
overHandler);
function outHandler(evt:MouseEvent):void {
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function overHandler(evt:MouseEvent):void {
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reversePlay);
animation.play();
function reversePlay(evt:Event):void {
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essentially the same thing. The main difference is the way
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the event
handler functions operate in the same scope as the object to
which the
association is made. In AS3, the references aren't to "this",
but rather to
the same animation clip by its *intance name*, because in
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it what you like. In the case of reversePlay(), the evt
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Dev blog,
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

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