Question

I know I can create an actionscript loop in a script block that can create an array of objects. The problem is when doing that I don’t know how to have those objects interact with the overall layout structure of the mxml document itself. They just default to 0,0.
What If I wanted to arrange a loop of dynamically generated objects inside of a tilegroup and under another dynamically generated item using actionscript for instance? (without individually specifyin x&y)

I need to know how to give them an automatic layout (like horizontal) and then determine where they fall in the order of other objects declared via mxml?

Answer 1

You can just add them as elements to the container group of your choice, just use:

myVGroup.addElement( myComponent );

Inside your loop. Where myVGroup is a VGroup that already exists in your layout.

You may also find this of interest. http://evtimmy.com/2009/06/flowlayout-a-spark-custom-layout-example/