Peter deHaan

Here is what I have been blogging about over the past couple weeks on my Flex examples blog, blog.flexexamples.com:

• Setting the value on the FxHScrollBar control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the repeat interval on an FxNumericStepper control in Flex Gumbo
• Creating an emphasized FxButton control in Flex Gumbo
• Styling an emphasized FxButton control in Flex Gumbo
• Grabbing FlashVars from the embedding HTML template in Flex Gumbo (SWFObject Edition)
• Setting a custom skin on an FxButton control in Flex Gumbo
• Toggling data tips on an FxHSlider control in Flex Gumbo
• Using the FxAnimateColor effect to animate the content background color of a FxTextInput control in Flex Gumbo
• Using the DropDownList in Flex Gumbo
• Setting a label field on a FxList control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting a label function on a FxList control in Flex Gumbo
• Creating a custom multi-column item renderer for the FxList control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting a custom thumb skin on a FxHSlider control in Flex Gumbo
• Using the Repeater class in Flex Gumbo
• Removing the default corner radius on the FxButtonBar control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the base color on the FxHSlider control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting a linear gradient background on an FxApplication container in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the base color on the FxHScrollBar control in Flex Gumbo

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Here is what I have been blogging about over the past couple months on my Flex examples blog, blog.flexexamples.com:

• Setting the bar color on the ProgressBar control in Flex
• Removing the border skin on a List control in Flex
• Using tab stops with the TextArea control in Flex
• Setting word wrapping on the FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the background color on a FxButton control in Flex Gumbo
• Determining when the selected state of a FxToggleButton control changes in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the repeat delay on an auto repeating FxButton control in Flex Gumbo
• Using the FxButtonBar control in Flex Gumbo
• Requiring a user has an item selected on the FxButtonBar in Flex Gumbo
• Determining when the selected item changes on the FxButtonBar control in Flex Gumbo
• Styling specific states in an FxToggleButton control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting a horizontal gap between buttons in an FxButtonBar control in Flex Gumbo
• Getting information about a class using the ObjectUtil class in Flex
• Creating a vertical FxButtonBar control in Flex Gumbo
• Styling specific states in an FxToggleButton control in Flex Gumbo (redux)
• Styling the selected button on an FxButtonBar control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the icon color on an FxCheckBox control in Flex Gumbo
• Styling the different states on an FxCheckBox control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the layout direction on a FxPanel container in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the base color on an FxRadioButton control in Flex Gumbo
• Styling the different states on an FxRadioButton control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the selected index on the FxButtonBar control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the selected item on the FxButtonBar control in Flex Gumbo
• Determining if an item is selected in an FxButtonBar control in Flex Gumbo
• Determining if an item index is selected in an FxButtonBar control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the content background color on the FxList control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the layout direction on an FxList control in Flex Gumbo
• Hiding specific items in a data provider based on the current application state in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the requested row count on an FxList control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the horizontal alignment on a FxList control in Flex Gumbo
• Removing the increment and decrement buttons on a FxVScrollBar control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting a column count and row count on a TileLayout FxList component in Flex Gumbo
• Removing the thumb button on a FxVScrollBar control in Flex Gumbo
• Styling the decrement button and increment button on an FxSpinner control in Flex Gumbo
• Styling the decrement button and increment button on an FxVScrollBar control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting a content background color on an FxTextInput control in Flex Gumbo

Here is what I have been blogging about over the past couple months on my Flex examples blog, blog.flexexamples.com:

• Setting a symbol color on an FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting a base color on an FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting a content background color on an FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the kerning level on the TextGraphic object in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the joint style on a Path stroke in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the scale mode on an Ellipse object stroke in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the focus blend mode on a TextArea control in Flex
• Setting the thickness of a stroke on a Line object in Flex Gumbo
• Setting tab stops in a TextView control in Flex Gumbo
• Masking a Rect object with a TextGraphic in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the block progression on a TextView control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the miter limit on a Path stroke in Flex Gumbo
• Exporting the text in a FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo
• Displaying a FxTextInput control’s text as a password in Flex Gumbo
• Setting margins on a FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo
• Displaying icons in a Flex PopUpButton control (Redux)
• Toggling buttons in a ToggleButtonBar control in Flex
• Setting the header colors on the DataGrid control in Flex
• Setting the column header text color on a DataGrid control in Flex
• Setting the disabled text color on a CheckBox control in Flex
• Setting the label color on a CheckBox control in Flex
• Setting the fill colors on a CheckBox control in Flex
• Setting the horizontal scroll position in the TextInput control in Flex
• Styling the last button in a ButtonBar control in Flex
• Setting the arrow icon color of a disabled CheckBox control in Flex
• Creating an auto-repeating FxButton control in Flex Gumbo
• Creating an auto-scrolling DataGrid control in Flex

Here is what I have been blogging about over the past few weeks on my Flex examples blog, blog.flexexamples.com:

• Setting a bitmap fill on a shape in Flex Gumbo
• Repeating the background fill on a BitmapFill in Flex Gumbo
• Determining the current scroll position on an FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo
• Displaying dynamically loaded XML in a DataGrid control in Flex
• Using the Flash FLVPlayback control in Flex
• Displaying an italic font style on a TextBox control in Flex Gumbo
• Displaying a bold font style on a TextBox control in Flex Gumbo
• Repeating the fill on a BitmapGraphic object in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the resize mode on a BitmapGraphic object in Flex Gumbo
• Controlling text justification on a FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo
• Detecting when the data provider of a DataGrid control changes in Flex
• Replacing carriage returns and line feeds with newline characters using Regular Expressions
• Setting tracking on a TextBox object in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the digit case on a TextBox object in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the content color on an FxTextInput control in Flex Gumbo
• Smoothing images using the BitmapGraphic object in Flex Gumbo
• Using a custom flex-config.xml file in Flex Builder 3
• Setting the text justification on a TextBox object in Flex Gumbo
• Creating a radial gradient fill on a Rect object in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the origin X and Y coordinate for a radial gradient fill in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the focal point on a Rect object in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the label offset on an HSlider control in Flex
• Setting the label offset on a VSlider control in Flex
• Preventing a user from clicking the track on an HSlider control in Flex
• Toggling data tips on the HSlider control in Flex
• Determining the length of an FLV video using the VideoDisplay control in Flex
• Maintaining an video’s aspect ratio on a VideoDisplay control in Flex
• Creating a linear gradient stroke on a Rect object in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the joint style on a stroke in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the miter limit on a stroke object in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the rotation of a linear gradient stroke in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the origin X and Y coordinate for a linear gradient stroke in Flex Gumbo

Here is what I have been blogging about over the past couple weeks on my Flex examples blog, blog.flexexamples.com:

• Setting the CFF hinting on a TextGraphic in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the column gap on a FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the column width on a FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo
• Determining when the user has selected all text in a FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting a blend mode on an Ellipse in Flex Gumbo
• Creating a solid color fill on an Ellipse object in Flex Gumbo
• Creating a linear gradient fill on an Ellipse object in Flex Gumbo
• Auto-scrolling a TextArea control in Flex
• Setting the thickness of a stroke on an Ellipse in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the rotation of a linear gradient in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the origin X and Y coordinate for a linear gradient fill in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the interpolation method for a linear gradient in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the spread method on a linear gradient fill in Flex Gumbo
• Detecting when properties change on a LinearGradient object in Flex Gumbo
• Formatting values in an FxNumericStepper control using a custom display format function in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the break opportunity on an FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo
• Looping over paragraphs in the FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo

Here is what I have been blogging about over the past month on my Flex examples blog, blog.flexexamples.com:

• Setting the label placement and text alignment on a ProgressBar control in Flex
• Aligning the header text in a DataGrid column in Flex (redux)
• 3D Rotating objects in Flex using the FxRotate3D effect and Flash Player 10
• Creating a toggle button in Flex using the FxToggleButton control
• Setting a custom divider alpha on the DividedBox container in Flex
• Embedding fonts in Flex Gumbo
• Adding icons to a Flex Accordion control (redux)
• Disabling an Alert control in Flex
• Adding a title icon to a Panel container in Flex
• Toggling the drop shadow on a Panel container in Flex
• Setting the typographic case on an FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the ligature level on an FxTextInput control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting text alignment on an FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the vertical gap in a vertical layout in Flex Gumbo
• Creating strikethrough text on a TextGraphic control in Flex Gumbo
• Incrementally 3D rotating objects in Flex using the FxRotate3D in Flex
• Aligning text vertically within an FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the value interval on a FxHSlider control in Flex Gumbo
• Wrapping values on an FxSpinner control in Flex Gumbo
• Determining your Flex SDK version number
• Determining the size of your Flex application
• Using graphical and text primitives in Flex Gumbo
• Setting tab stops in an FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting text alpha on a TextGraphic object in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the text rotation on a TextGraphic control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting mouse cursors in Flash Player 10
• Aligning text vertically within an FxTextInput control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the line height on an FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting a DataGrid control’s data provider to an XML object in Flex
• Animating colors using the FxAnimateColor effect in Flex Gumbo
• Adding custom context menu items to a Flex application
• Setting text styles for a selected button in a ToggleButtonBar control in Flex
• Opening a new browser window by double clicking an Image control in Flex
• Detecting when the number of radio buttons changes in a radio button group in Flex
• Setting a mask type on an Ellipse in Flex Gumbo
• Creating multicolumn text in an FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the text selection color on a FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the unfocused text selection color on a FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo
• Setting the inactive text selection color on a FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo
• Programmatically selecting text in an FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo
• Wrapping values on an FxNumericStepper control in Flex Gumbo
• Paging through an FxHScrollBar in Flex Gumbo
• Stepping through an FxHScrollBar in Flex Gumbo
• Upgrading to Flex Builder 3.0.2
• Stepping through an FxHSlider control in Flex Gumbo

I have to say, the list of Flex Gumbo examples is growing quite nicely!

Here is what I have been blogging about over the past week on my Flex examples blog, blog.flexexamples.com:

• Setting the label placement on a TabBar control in Flex
• Setting the label placement on a TabNavigator container in Flex
• Setting a label function on a LinkBar control in Flex
• Setting the horizontal divider cursor on an HDividedBox container in Flex
• Setting the vertical divider cursor on a VDividedBox container in Flex
• Disabling dividers in an HDividedBox container in Flex
• Compiling a simple Flex application using the Flex Gumbo SDK

It looks like I haven’t posted an update in about four weeks, but here is what I have been blogging about on my Flex examples blog, blog.flexexamples.com:

• Setting the icon on a LinkButton control in Flex
• Using an embedded font with the LinkButton control in Flex
• Positioning icons on a LinkButton control in Flex
• Creating a toggleable LinkButton control in Flex
• Setting the horizontal gap between an icon and label on a LinkButton control in Flex
• Removing the hand cursor from a disabled LinkButton control in Flex
• Extending the LinkButton control in Flex
• Rounding the corners of an Image control in Flex using a mask
• Playing a sound effect when an Alert control is displayed in Flex
• Creating an undraggable Alert control in Flex (redux)
• Setting the vertical gap between an icon and label on a LinkButton control in Flex
• Using a Slider to filter items in a DataGrid control in Flex
• Toggling data tips on a PieChart in Flex
• Toggling data tip targets on a PieChart in Flex
• Toggling word wrap on a DataGrid column header in Flex
• Creating a custom creation complete effect on a Flex Alert control (redux)
• Aligning the header text in a DataGrid column in Flex
• Setting a custom divider color on the DividedBox container in Flex
• Customizing the divider skin on a DividedBox container in Flex
• Inspecting the properties in a class using the describeType() method and E4X/XML
• Toggling item roll over highlighting on a List control in Flex
• Setting the dropdown menu border color on a ComboBox control in Flex
• Setting the padding between children in a DividedBox in Flex
• Setting focus in Flex using the Focus Manager
• Displaying a drop shadow behind a VBox container in Flex
• Setting background colors on a DataGrid column in Flex
• Setting the font weight on a charting Legend control in Flex
• Setting a custom label function on a PieChart in Flex
• Dynamically styling error tips in Flex
• Setting the label placement on a Legend control in Flex
• Setting the marker width and height on a Legend control in Flex
• Setting the horizontal and vertical gaps on a Legend control in Flex
• Setting the button height on a ButtonBar control in Flex
• Applying an effect when an HBox container is resized in Flex
• Adding a horizontal separator to a Flex PopUpButton control’s pop up menu (redux)
• Using the ZipCodeValidator class to validate US or Canadian zip codes (redux)
• Toggling form item visibility in a Form container in Flex
• Setting the tab width on a TabBar control in Flex
• Setting the text alignment on a TabBar control in Flex

It looks like I haven’t posted an update in about three weeks [again], but here is what I have been blogging about on my Flex examples blog, blog.flexexamples.com:

• Animating properties using the AnimateProperties class in Flex and Flash Player 10
• Repeating an animation using the AnimateProperties class in Flex and Flash Player 10
• Using an easing function with the AnimateProperties class in Flex and Flash Player 10
• Exploring the new states syntax in Flex Gumbo
• Enabling sticky highlighting on a CheckBox control in Flex
• Using the new filter effects in Flex Gumbo
• Displaying a hand cursor when the user rolls over the CheckBox control in Flex
• Creating an undraggable TitleWindow container in Flex
• Changing the background color of a disabled TextArea control in Flex
• Changing the background alpha of a TextArea control in Flex
• Setting the button label placement on a RadioButton control in Flex
• Setting the open duration on a Menu control in Flex
• Changing the default skins on a Button control in Flex
• Determining if an item is listening for a specific event
• Setting the font thickness for a Label control in Flex
• Setting the font sharpness for a Label control in Flex
• Determining the XML class’s settings in ActionScript 3.0
• Ignoring comments in an XML file in ActionScript 3.0
• Setting the node indentation level when calling the toXMLString() method in ActionScript 3.0
• Setting the volume on a VideoDisplay control in Flex
• Setting the duration of a sound effect in Flex
• Setting the background color of the RichTextEditor text area in Flex
• Setting the background alpha of the RichTextEditor text area in Flex
• Creating a FileReference object using MXML in Flex
• Saving files locally using the FileReference class’s save() method in Flash Player 10
• Previewing an image before uploading it using the FileReference class in Flash Player 10
• Programmatically scrolling a TextArea control in Flex
• Adding a link to context menu in Flash Player 10
• Setting the vertical scrollbar policy on a TextArea control in Flex
• Using a clipboard menu in Flex with Flash Player 10
• Setting the horizontal scrollbar policy on a DataGrid control in Flex
• Setting a background image on a VideoDisplay control in Flex
• Parsing XML nodes and Objects with dashes in their names in ActionScript 3.0
• Creating a component instance by class name in ActionScript 3.0
• Validating email addresses using the EmailValidator class in Flex
• Validating integers using the NumberValidator class
• Validating negative numbers using the NumberValidator in Flex
• Setting the roll over color on a LinkButton control in Flex
• Setting the selection color on a LinkButton control in Flex
• Setting the corner radius of a LinkButton control in Flex

Notable posts this time include a few posts on the upcoming Flex Gumbo release, as well as some examples about the new additions to the FileReference class in Flash Player 10.

It looks like I haven’t posted an update in a few weeks, but here is what I have been blogging about on my Flex examples blog, blog.flexexamples.com:

• Changing the background color of a disabled List control in Flex
• Setting the dropdown menu border thickness and border color on a ComboBox control in Flex
• Setting the label color on a disabled ComboBox control in Flex
• Setting the text indent on a List control in Flex
• Setting the label color on a disabled List control in Flex
• Toggling a drop shadow on the List control in Flex
• Setting a custom format string on a DateField control in Flex
• Toggling year navigation on a DateChooser control in Flex
• Setting the roll over color on a DateChooser control in Flex
• Setting a custom border color on a DateChooser control in Flex
• Setting the border thickness on a DateChooser control in Flex
• Setting the label color of a selected item on a List control in Flex
• Setting an effect when the items in a data provider change on a List control in Flex
• Setting the item selection duration on a List control in Flex
• Displaying different fonts in a dropdown menu on a ComboBox control in Flex
• Downloading and installing Flex SDK builds from opensource.adobe.com
• Using the beta Gumbo SDK in Flex Builder 3
• Viewing a Flex application’s generated source code
• Rotating an image along its x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis in Flex and Flash Player 10
• Using Yahoo! Maps in a Flex project
• Using Google Maps in a Flex project
• Displaying a video in a pop up window in Flex
• Closing a pop up window using the keyboard in Flex
• Displaying all the properties of a component instance in Flex
• Creating a simple image gallery with the Flex HorizontalList control (redux)
• Toggling whether a user can select text in a TextArea control in Flex
• Setting a specific number of columns in a TileList control in Flex
• Setting a specific number of rows in a TileList control in Flex
• Setting the column width of a tile in a TileList control in Flex
• Setting the row height of a tile in a TileList control in Flex
• Alternating tile background colors for items in a TileList control in Flex

In addition to a couple examples of using Yahoo! Maps and Google Maps in Flex projects, I also did a couple posts on using the beta Flex Gumbo SDK in Flex Builder 3.