Apollo Tip: How to not have the Apollo window controls show up

hmph, it happens almost every time.. You mess with something new, can't figure it out, ask somebody or at somewhere and 5 minutes later.. you've figured it out.

Anyhow, just in case this helps somebody else:

Quick tip on making sure that there are no window controls in your Apollo application.

First thing is to edit your application XML file in the rootContent tag to have the following:

systemChrome="none" transparent="true" visible="true"

Then, and this is key and where I messed up, make sure that your Application tag is not set to mx:ApolloApplication but is instead just set to the normal mx:Application. You then must place in some buttons that will close/minimize the application.

The close function must call this:
stage.window.close();

The minimize function must call this:
stage.window.minimize();

That's it!

Here's a screen shot of mine:

Posted by Graeme at March 23, 2007 10:47 AM