Image component not visible in designer

[BigOrange]

Hello,

I'm very new to Flex 3 development, so I'm sure it's something I'm doing wrong. In my project, I drag an image component on to an application window. If I set the source to an image on the file system, the image component dissapears. When I view source, the mxml tag still remains and if I run the app, the image is visible. If I set the source as an embedded asset, the image component IS visible in the designer. Also, if I create a new project and try the same thing, it all works as it should.

Any ideas why this would happen in one project, but not another?

Thanks

[Peter Cowling]

Well i have nothing good to say about design view, and can only really recommend learning not to use it ASAP. It's behaviour is flakey. The good news is that you'll soon find it redundant anyhow.