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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• 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

Posted by Peter deHaan at 10:28 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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!

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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

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• 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

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• 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.

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• 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.

Posted by Peter deHaan at 12:48 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Looking at my blog archives, it appears that today is FlexExamples.com's first birthday! I'd like to take a minute to thank you all for reading, subscribing, commenting, and supporting the blog over the past 12 months.

For any of you interested, here's a little copy-paste from my WordPress blog stats...
There are currently 683 posts and 2,011 comments, contained within 116 categories.
Akismet has protected your site from 71,258 spam comments. (Plus another 9,000+ caught by Spam Karma)

683 posts in 365 days works out to something like 1.8 posts per day (although it has been a lot closer to 1 post per day recently), but apart from two missed days in July 2007, I've managed to do at least one post per day.

Peter

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• Disabling keyboard navigation on the RadioButton control in Flex
• Detecting a double click on a TextInput control in Flex
• Detecting when a RadioButtonGroup has been enabled or disabled in Flex
• Detecting when the label changes on a Button control in Flex
• Detecting when the label placement changes on a Button control in Flex
• Detecting when the source changes on an Image control in Flex
• Maintaining an image's aspect ratio on an Image control in Flex
• Preventing an image from automatically loading in an Image control in Flex
• Setting a complete effect on an Image control in Flex
• Playing a sound effect when a ProgressBar control completes in Flex
• Displaying scroll tips on a ComboBox control in Flex
• Formatting scroll tips on a ComboBox control in Flex
• Setting the width of the dropdown menu on a ComboBox control in Flex
• Setting the icon color on a ComboBox control in Flex
• Creating a variable row height item renderer on a ComboBox control in Flex
• Setting the icon color on a ComboBox control's dropdown menu in Flex
• Toggling live scrolling on a ComboBox control's dropdown menu in Flex
• Using embedded fonts with the ComboBox control in Flex
• Toggling item roll over highlighting on a ComboBox control in Flex
• Displaying a border on specific sides of a TextInput control in Flex
• Toggling the drop shadow on the ComboBox control in Flex
• Preventing users from changing the ComboBox control in Flex
• Setting the item background roll over color on a ComboBox control in Flex
• Setting the selected item background color on a ComboBox control in Flex
• Specifying a custom icon function on a ComboBox control in Flex
• Setting the text roll over color on a ComboBox control in Flex
• Setting a selection disabled color on a ComboBox control's dropdown menu in Flex
• Disabling keyboard navigation on the ComboBox control in Flex

Or, if you want to check out what the rest of the Flex SDK, Flex Builder, Adobe AIR, Flash Player teams are saying, check out my This Week's Top Posts (7/14) post from a few days ago.

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• Using an embedded font with the ComboBox control in Flex
• Changing the text alignment of a List control in Flex
• Setting the tick length on a Slider control in Flex
• Using an embedded font with the Slider controls in Flex
• Aligning headers in a DateChooser control in Flex
• Changing the label text alignment in a FormItem container in Flex
• Using an embedded font with the TabBar control in Flex
• Setting a custom stretch cursor on a DataGrid in Flex
• Setting a border color on the ComboBox control in Flex
• Disabling keyboard navigation on the Accordion container in Flex
• Disabling keyboard navigation on the List control in Flex
• Setting the number of visible items in a ComboBox control's dropdown menu in Flex
• Rounding specific corners on a focus rectangle in the TextInput control in Flex
• Setting the border color on a DateField control in Flex
• Looping over an Array using the every() method in Flex
• Changing the background fill colors on a ComboBox control in Flex
• Using an embedded font with the ColorPicker control in Flex
• Setting the header height on a DataGrid control in Flex
• Setting a creation complete effect on a Button control in Flex
• Setting an opaque background on a RadioButton control in Flex
• Setting the label placement on a RadioButtonGroup in Flex
• Enabling and disabling RadioButton controls in a RadioButtonGroup in Flex
• Looping over RadioButton controls in a RadioButtonGroup in Flex
• Detecting when a RadioButton has been clicked in a RadioButtonGroup in Flex
• Setting a creation complete effect on an Accordion container in Flex

Or, if you want to catch up on what my Adobe Flex teammates are blogging about over the past week, check out "This Week's Top Posts (6/21)".

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• Setting the border color on a NumericStepper control in Flex
• Setting the border thickness on a NumericStepper control in Flex
• Setting a border on specific sides of a NumericStepper control in Flex
• Displaying RadioButton controls using the Repeater in Flex
• Displaying RadioButton controls using the Repeater in Flex (redux)
• Displaying CheckBox controls using the Repeater in Flex
• Preventing users from clicking on an Accordion container’s header in Flex
• Setting the leading on a Text control in Flex
• Using embedded fonts with the Accordion container in Flex
• Setting a prompt on a ComboBox control in Flex

As always, if those aren't your "cup of tea", check out what the other people on the Flex, Flex Builder, and Flash Player teams are blogging about in a segment I like to call "This Week's Top Posts".

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• Creating a non-editable NumericStepper control in Flex
• Setting the text alignment in a NumericStepper control in Flex
• Using embedded fonts with the NumericStepper control in Flex
• Limiting the number of characters a user can type into a NumericStepper control's text input field in Flex
• Changing the up arrow skin and down arrow skin on a NumericStepper control in Flex
• Aligning a label in a Button control in Flex
• Setting an error string on a CheckBox control in Flex
• Changing the background color of an error tip in Flex
• Setting the background color and background alpha for a NumericStepper control in Flex
• Setting the focus alpha on a NumericStepper control in Flex
• Setting the focus thickness on a NumericStepper control in Flex
• Setting the text color on a disabled NumericStepper control in Flex
• Setting the icon color on a disabled NumericStepper control in Flex

It seems everything has been very heavily weighted on the Flex NumericStepper control this past week. So if the NumericStepper isn't your "thing", check out what some of the other Adobe Flex bloggers have been blogging about over the past week: This Week's Top Posts.

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• Aligning the selected date in a DateField control in Flex
• Detecting when the user changes the selected month in the DateChooser control in Flex
• Determining when the DateField control is opened or closed in Flex
• Detecting when an Alert control is closed in Flex
• Setting the separator width on a LinkBar control in Flex
• Changing the background color of the DateChooser control in Flex
• Displaying an error tool tip for an Image control in Flex
• Setting a minimum and maximum allowable year in the DateChooser control in Flex
• Setting the vertical gap between the track and label in the ProgressBar control in Flex
• Setting the tick thickness on a Slider control in Flex
• Setting the open duration for an Accordion container in Flex
• Determining the number of lines in a TextArea control in Flex
• Using a Slider control as a DataGrid column item renderer in Flex
• Setting the data tip offset in a Slider control in Flex
• Displaying specific items from an ArrayCollection in Flex
• Creating an editable DataGrid control in Flex
• Using a NumericStepper control as an item editor for a DataGrid control in Flex
• Setting the corner radius on a NumericStepper control in Flex
• Determining when an ArrayCollection changes in Flex
• Restricting which characters a user can type in a TextInput control in Flex
• Setting the step size on a NumericStepper control in Flex

Finished reading all those entries already? Check out what some other people on the Flex/Flex Builder/Flash Player teams are saying, "This Week's Top Posts (5/15)".

Also, don't forget to check out the new Adobe Flash Player 10 beta (codename: Astro).

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• Creating a view cursor on an ArrayCollection in Flex
• Removing items from a Flex DataGrid control using the DragManager class
• Adding links to a Panel container's status text in Flex
• Setting the background alpha on a VideoDisplay control in Flex
• Setting the background color on a VideoDisplay control in Flex
• Setting the separator color on a LinkBar control in Flex
• Setting the horizontal spacing between items in a LinkBar control in Flex
• Setting the vertical spacing between items in a LinkBar control in Flex
• Looping over each item in an Array in ActionScript 3.0
• Setting the letter spacing in the RichTextEditor control in Flex
• Sequencing effects in Flex using the mx:Sequence tag (redux)
• Condensing HTML white space in the TextArea control in Flex
• Condensing HTML white space in the RichTextEditor control in Flex
• Setting text selection on a TextArea control in Flex
• Setting the disabled text color on a TextArea control in Flex
• Setting a custom tool tip field on a ButtonBar control in Flex

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• Centering a pop up window when a Flex application is resized
• Skewing an Image control in Flex
• Resetting a sort on a DataGrid control in Flex
• Creating a custom sort on a DataGrid control in Flex
• Removing the track skin from a List control in Flex
• Getting JavaScript variables into your Flex applications using the ExternalInterface API
• Changing the focus rectangle color on a TextInput control in Flex
• Creating a pop up TitleWindow using the PopUpButton control in Flex
• Calling a simple web service from Flex using the WebService class

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• Accessing a TitleWindow container's internal close button in Flex
• Setting the header height on a Flex TitleWindow container
• Setting the menu selection mode on a DataGrid control in Flex
• Using embedded fonts with tool tips in Flex
• Converting an array of String objects to an array of Object objects in Flex
• Setting the bar skin on a ProgressBar control in Flex
• Setting the border color on a ProgressBar control in Flex
• Displaying scroll tips in a List control in Flex
• Dynamically loading XML files using the HTTPService tag
• Toggling the current date highlighting on a DateChooser control in Flex
• Determining if a specific font is embedded in a Flex application
• Determining which fonts are embedded in a Flex application
• Embedding fonts in a Flex application using Embed metadata (redux)
• Setting the selected date in a DateChooser control in Flex
• Setting the horizontal scroll position in the HorizontalList control in Flex
• Creating a simple image gallery with the Flex Tree control
• Opening branches by clicking rows in a Tree control in Flex
• Using the ToolTipManager class to determine the current tool tip in a Flex application

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• Displaying an image saved as a Base64 encoded string in Flex 3
• Horizontally aligning items in a FormItem container in Flex
• Changing the layout direction of a form item in Flex
• Horizontally aligning tabs within a TabBar control in Flex
• Creating custom pop-up windows with the PopUpManager class (redux)
• Vertically aligning tabs within a TabBar control in Flex
• Creating an undraggable Alert control in Flex
• Customizing a FormItem container's label in Flex 3
• Applying a cascading style sheet to a TextArea control in Flex
• Setting the layout direction of a TileList control in Flex

Posted by Peter deHaan at 7:58 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

• Checking to see if the ExternalInterface API is available in Flex
• Returning values from JavaScript in your Flex applications using the ExternalInterface API
• Calling ActionScript functions from your HTML templates using the ExternalInterface API
• Setting the background alpha on a Panel container in Flex
• Using a CheckBox to filter items in a DataGrid in Flex
• Setting the border alpha on a Panel container in Flex
• Validating strings using the StringValidator class
• Setting or clearing the application background image in Flex
• Setting a complete effect on a ProgressBar control in Flex
• Changing live dragging on a TileList control in Flex

No real trends this week, although there are a few entries on the ExternalInterface API and the Panel container.

Posted by Peter deHaan at 5:54 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

• Creating a ControlBar container in Flex using ActionScript
• Aligning items vertically in a ControlBar container in Flex
• Displaying a Tree control as a pop up for a Flex PopUpButton control
• Setting effects with ActionScript in Flex
• Using embedded fonts with the Panel container in Flex
• Displaying the sort arrow in a Flex DataGrid control without having to click a column
• Styling Alert controls in Flex using the StyleManager class and setStyle() methods
• Setting a Button control's icon to an asset from a SWF file in Flex
• Determining if a Flex application has focus using the activate and deactivate events
• Displaying a video in Flex using the NetConnection, NetStream, and Video classes
• Setting a custom broken image skin for the Image control in Flex
• Setting a custom required indicator skin on a FormItem container in Flex
• Dynamically adding new columns to a DataGrid control in Flex
• Converting objects to XML packets using the SimpleXMLEncoder class in Flex
• Displaying a dynamically loaded MP3 file's ID3 information in Flex
• Setting the background alpha and background color of a DataGrid control in Flex
• Performing case [in]sensitive sorts using the DataGrid control in Flex
• Preventing line feeds in a TextArea control in Flex
• Setting the text alignment in a TextArea control in Flex
• Creating a simple image gallery with the Flex TileList control
• Calling JavaScript functions from your Flex applications using the ExternalInterface API

Posted by Peter deHaan at 10:43 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

• Determining if a check box menu item is toggled in a Flex PopUpButton control's pop up menu
• Changing the next and previous year navigation icons on a DateChooser control in Flex
• Using embedded fonts in a Flex DataGrid control
• Removing the scrollbar thumb from the vertical scroll bar in a Flex DataGrid control
• Setting the layout direction of a Flex ControlBar container
• Creating timers using the setInterval() method
• Creating timers using the setTimeout() method
• Creating a simple image gallery with the Flex HorizontalList control
• Setting the value of a Flex Progress Bar
• Setting the roll over color and selection color in a Flex DataGrid control
• Detecting when the Flex PopUpButton control is opened or closed
• Setting the selection color and selection disabled color for a row in the Flex DataGrid control
• Disabling user input in a Flex Application
• Creating custom timers by extending the Timer class
• Creating timers using the Timer class
• Creating a custom label function on a Flex PopUpMenuButton control
• Detecting when a mouse leaves a Flex application
• Changing the default sort arrow skin on a Flex DataGrid control
• Aligning items horizontally in a ControlBar container in Flex

I don't see any real trends, other than the fact I did a brief series on setTimeout() method, setInterval() method, and the Timer class.

Posted by Peter deHaan at 11:08 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

• Setting the button link corner radius on a Flex LinkBar control
• Setting the background color and background alpha on a Flex LinkBar control
• Detecting changes in a camera's activity and status in a Flex VideoDisplay control
• Displaying a webcam's video in a Flex VideoDisplay control
• Displaying the labels vertically in Flex ColumnChart control
• Displaying icons in a Flex PopUpButton control
• Setting alternating item colors on a Flex PopUpButton control
• Specifying custom named unicode ranges in Flex
• Removing leaf icons from the Flex Tree control
• Getting specific camera instances using the static Camera.getCamera() method
• Removing folder icons from the Flex Tree control
• Scrolling a Flex List control horizontally
• Truncating text in the Flex Label control using the truncateToFit property
• Listening for the link event in a Flex Label control
• Displaying item tool tips in a Flex ComboBox control
• Using a CheckBox control as a list item renderer in Flex
• Displaying a Label control's text as a password
• Displaying a TextInput control's text as a password in Flex (redux)
• Setting the width on a Flex PopUpButton control's pop up menu
• Creating a tool tip on a Flex TextInput control with password masked text
• Adding checkboxes, radiobuttons, and sub-menus to a Flex PopUpButton control's pop up menu
• Adding a horizontal separator to a Flex PopUpButton control's pop up menu
• Copying text to the operating system clipboard in Flex
• Creating semi-transparent PopUpButton pop up menus in Flex
• Changing the width of the arrow button in a Flex PopUpButton control
• Reducing the vertical space around a separator in a Flex PopUpButton control's pop up menu by enabling variable row heights
• Setting the corner radius on a Flex PopUpButton control
• Setting the vertical gap between a Flex PopUpButton control and its pop up menu
• Determining whether a font has specific glyphs in Flex
• Using a DataGrid control as a pop up in the Flex PopUpButton control
• Disabling item roll over highlighting in the Flex DataGrid control
• Preventing a user from selecting an item in a Flex DataGrid control
• Clipping a Flex container's content using the clipContent property
• Parsing ISO dates with Flex and ActionScript
• Displaying a main icon in a Flex PopUpButton control
• Detecting when the main button on the Flex PopUpButton control has been clicked
• Using the openAlways property on the Flex PopUpButton control
• Truncating the label on a Flex CheckBox control
• Embedding fonts in a Flex application using Embed metadata
• Displaying tool tips in a Flex DataGrid control's header
• Setting the track color of a Flex ProgressBar control
• Using an embedded font with the Flex ProgressBar control
• Adding icons to the Flex LinkBar control
• Changing the next and previous month navigation icons on a DateChooser control in Flex
• Changing the arrow button skins on a Flex container's scroll bars

At a quick glance, It seems like I posted mainly on the LinkBar control, the PopUpButton control, the Tree control, and the Camera object.

Happy Flexing!

Posted by Peter deHaan at 7:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

• Indenting a Flex Panel control's title
• Setting a label's font weight on a Flex LinkBar and ToggleButtonBar control
• Expanding nodes in a Flex Tree control using the openItems property
• Clearing the video on a Flex VideoDisplay control
• Preventing specific items from being selected in a Flex Tree control
• Determining which item was clicked in a Flex LinkBar control
• Preventing branches from being selected in a Flex Tree control
• Setting the background color and background alpha on a Flex PopUpButton control’s pop up menu
• Aligning labels in a Flex PopUpButton control's pop up menu
• Setting an item's font weight in a Flex PopUpButton control's pop up menu
• Setting the selected index of a Flex LinkBar control

Posted by Peter deHaan at 10:50 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

• Clearing a selected RadioButton control in Flex
• Adding icons to the Flex ButtonBar control
• Setting the button corner radius in a Flex ButtonBar control
• Setting the button label text alignment in a Flex ButtonBar control
• Changing the label placement for a Flex ButtonBar control
• Setting horizontal and vertical gaps between buttons in a Flex ButtonBar control
• Determining which button was pressed in a Flex ButtonBar component
• Creating a custom label function on a Flex ButtonBar control
• Determining which button was pressed in a Flex ButtonBar component
• Disabling individual buttons on a Flex ButtonBar control
• Setting skins on the the Flex ButtonBar control
• Setting the data provider of a Flex ButtonBar control to a ViewStack container
• Toggling item roll over highlighting in the Flex Tree control
• Displaying the number of children in each branch of a Flex Tree control
• Setting the border thickness in a Flex Panel container
• Setting the header height on a Flex Panel container
• Setting the child layout direction of a Flex Panel container

It seems that this week was fairly heavily weighted towards the ButtonBar control, with a couple posts on the Tree control and Panel container as well.

Posted by Peter deHaan at 10:25 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

• Removing the drop shadow from the DateField control in Flex
• Customizing the background alpha and background color of the Alert control in Flex
• Displaying a ComboBox control's inherited styles in Flex
• Changing the Flex DateChooser control's text alignment
• Changing the header colors of a Flex DateChooser control
• Setting font weight on a Flex DateChooser control
• Changing the Flex ColorPicker control's swatch panel background color
• Changing the default calendar icon in a Flex DateField control
• Changing the swatch grid background color for a ColorPicker control in Flex 3
• Changing the swatch highlight size for a ColorPicker control in Flex 3
• Changing the swatch border size for a ColorPicker control in Flex 3
• Styling a Flex 3 ComboBox control's vertical scroll bars
• Changing the ColorPicker control’s nested text field styles in Flex 3
• Toggling the text field in a Flex ColorPicker control
• Creating a custom context menu on a RichTextEditor control in Flex
• Changing the close button skin on a Flex TitleWindow container
• Toggling the close button in a Flex TitleWindow container
• Changing the RichTextEditor control's style name in Flex
• Toggling the control bar in a Flex RichTextEditor control (redux)
• Changing the text field width for the ColorPicker control in Flex 3
• Changing the preview color width for the ColorPicker control in Flex 3
• Changing the corner radius of a Flex ComboBox control
• Determining a VideoDisplay control's current playback state using the state property and stateChange event
• Creating semi-transparent ComboBox dropdown menus in Flex
• Changing the padding on a Button control in Flex
• Changing the fill colors of a Button control in Flex
• Changing the fill colors of a ButtonBar control in Flex
• Setting the vertical gap between items in a Flex VBox container
• Styling the Alert control's status message
• Styling the Alert control's nested buttons
• Styling the Alert control's message text
• Styling the Alert control's title bar
• Changing a Box container's direction in Flex
• Adding filters to an Alert control in Flex
• Displaying scroll tips in a HorizontalList control in Flex
• Setting alternating colors on a Flex HorizontalList control
• Changing the background alpha of a HorizontalList control in Flex
• Using a timer to change the selected index of a ViewStack container in Flex
• Displaying a TextInput control's text as a password in Flex
• Changing a VBox container's background size in Flex
• Changing a VBox container's background alpha in Flex
• Changing a VBox container's background image attachment in Flex
• Clearing a selected RadioButton control in Flex
• Creating a resizing ToolBar in Flex

I don't see any overwhelming trends, but it seems like I did some entries on the VBox container, Alert control, ColorPicker control, and a few on the ComboBox control and HorizontalList control.

And I can't say it enough, but I'd like to give a big thanks to all the readers, subscribers, and supporters out there. I've lots of really great and positive feedback in comments and email, and I'm glad to see that it seems useful to some people out there on the internets.

Looking at the Wordpress dashboard, it seems there are currently 411 posts, 735 comments (and at least another 12,000 spams blocked by Akismet as well as a few thousand more caught by other spam plugins). There are also seemingly around 900 subscribers to my RSS feed (according to FeedBurner)! Not too bad for a little site that I started 6 months ago in July 2007.

Posted by Peter deHaan at 10:22 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

• Setting selectable ranges in the Flex DateField control
• Setting a minimum and maximum allowable year in the Flex DateField control
• Changing the background color of the nested calendar in a Flex DateField control
• Changing the current date's background color in the Flex DateField control
• Customizing the current date in the Flex DateField control
• Alternating item colors in ComboBox dropdown
• Setting the first day of the week in a Flex DateField control's calendar
• Toggling multiple selection and disjoint selection on a Flex DateChooser control
• Customizing the Flex ComboBox control's text input styles
• Customizing the Flex DateChooser control
• Customizing the current date in a Flex DateField control

Also, note that most of us at the office will be on holidays until Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008. Happy Holidays, and see you all in 2008!

Posted by Peter deHaan at 11:13 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

• Debugging Flex applications using the describeType() method and the ObjectUtil class
• Rotating images using the Rotate class
• Using the DateBase class in Flex
• Creating a double-click-able Button control in Flex
• Setting a custom label function on a Flex DateField control
• Loading cascading style sheets on the fly using the Flex StyleManager class
• Programmatically opening and closing ComboBox controls in Flex
• Creating nonmodal Alert dialog boxes in Flex
• Rounding numbers in Flex using the NumberFormatter class
• Changing the padding between the tabs and content in a Flex TabNavigator control
• Enabling year navigation in a Flex DateField control
• Adding suffixes to month names and years in the DateField control
• Converting between dates and strings using the DateField class in Flex
• Embedding fonts for the Flex DateField control
• Changing the next and previous month navigation icons on a DateField control in Flex
• Changing the icon color on a DateField control in Flex

Posted by Peter deHaan at 11:05 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Seems like I've neglected to do this the past few weeks, so here's an uber-update on all the entries from my "other blog", blog.flexexamples.com. Quickly looking at the list, it seems we have several on charting, the ImageSnapshot class, the Tree control, the RichTextEditor control, as well as a few others.

Head on over and check some of them out:

• Controlling whether a LineChart should set its base value at zero
• Styling individual FormItem labels using the labelStyleName style
• Changing default line colors in a Flex LineChart control
• Removing the default drop shadow from a LineChart chart in Flex
• Customizing folder and leaf icons in the Flex Tree control using the folderOpenIcon, folderClosedIcon, and defaultLeafIcon styles
• Changing the horizontal grid line frequency in a Flex LineChart control using the horizontalChangeCount style
• Displaying grid lines in a Flex LineChart control
• Alternating background row colors in a Flex LineSeries chart
• Customizing the horizontal grid lines in a Flex LineChart control
• Displaying a PieSeries item's data when a user clicks an item in a Flex PieChart control
• Setting a custom icon field in a Flex Tree control
• Creating a custom icon function on a Flex Tree control
• Creating a custom label function on a Flex LineChart control's linear axis
• Taking screenshots in Flex 3 using the ImageSnapshot.captureImage() method
• Creating a custom label function on a Flex LineChart control's category axis
• Taking screenshots in Flex 3 using the ImageSnapshot.captureBitmapData() method
• Changing a chart legend's direction
• Displaying a hand cursor when mousing over a Flex control
• Setting specific minimum and maximum ranges for a Flex LineChart control LinearAxis
• Styling individual tabs in a TabBar control
• Aligning data in a Flex LineChart control to horizontal and vertical tick marks
• Alternating background column colors in a Flex LineSeries chart
• Creating a linear gradient fill on a ColumnChart control's column series in Flex
• Creating a custom scroll tip function on a Flex TextArea control
• Displaying scroll tips on a Flex TextArea control
• Toggling the control bar in a Flex RichTextEditor control
• Setting a status message in a Flex RichTextEditor control
• Customizing the Flex RichTextEditor control's title style
• Adding a title icon to a Flex RichTextEditor control
• Creating tool tips on the Flex RichTextEditor control
• Selecting multiple items in Flex List and DataGrid controls
• Adding a stroke around a ColumnSeries item in a Flex ColumnChart control
• Creating a radial gradient fill on a ColumnChart control's column series in Flex
• Animating a Flex PieChart control's rotation when a user clicks on an item
• Hiding nested controls in a Flex RichTextEditor control
• Populating the nested font family ComboBox control in a Flex RichTextEditor control
• Changing the default column width ratio of a ColumnChart control in Flex
• Setting a ColumnChart control's item roll over color and item selection color in Flex
• Adding custom labels to a Flex ColumnChart control's column series
• Changing the selection duration and easing function on a Flex Tree control
• Displaying the default icons from a Flex Tree control
• Controlling a Tree control's item indentation in Flex
• Alternating row colors in a Flex Tree control using the depthColors style
• Alternating row colors in a Flex Tree control using the alternatingItemColors style
• Changing the open duration and easing function on a Flex Tree control
• Detecting when a user opens or closes a Tree control in Flex
• Dragging and dropping items in a Flex Tree control
• Creating a Flex Tree control with variable row heights
• Toggling a Tree control's root node in Flex
• Opening nodes in a Flex Tree control using the expandItem() method
• Using the itemDoubleClick event to open nodes in a Flex Tree control
• Setting icons for specific nodes in a Flex Tree control
• Using the isBranch() method to determine if a Tree item is a branch or leaf
• Determining the first visible item in a Flex Tree control
• Determining which Tree branches are open using the openItems property
• Expanding and collapsing Flex Tree nodes using the expandItem() and expandChildrenOf() methods
• Using an Array as a data provider in a Flex Tree control
• Sorting XML documents using an XMLListCollection
• Hiding nested controls in a Flex RichTextEditor control (remix)
• Changing the appearance of the locked column separator skin for a DataGrid control in Flex 3
• Installing the Flex Skin Design Extensions for CS3 from Adobe Labs
• Using the ImageSnapshot class to capture images as JPEGs or PNGs in Flex 3
• Converting an ImageSnapshot object into a Base-64 encoded string in Flex 3
• Setting a default encoder for the ImageSnapshot class in Flex 3

That is a grand total of 64 new entries since November 12th. According to my WordPress dashboard, this brings us up to 340 posts (and 643 comments), in a little less than 6 months. According to Google Reader, that's roughly 13.3 posts per week. Rock on! A big thanks to all my readers, subscribers, commenters (especially those to help me answer comments/questions), banner clickers, Adobe (for making such a great product), and the rest of the Flex Community.

Posted by Peter deHaan at 10:44 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Another week, another blog.flexexamples.com update! This week was fairly heavily weighted towards working with the charting components (PieChart and PieSeries specifically). Head on over and check some of them out:

• Removing the drop shadow from a Flex PieChart control


• Setting the gap around the required indicator in a Flex form


• Exploding wedges in a Flex PieChart control


• Disabling live scrolling on a Flex TextArea control


• Customizing strokes in a Flex PieChart control


• Creating a simple PieChart in Flex using ActionScript


• Creating custom fills in a Flex PieChart control using the fillFunction property


• Rotating a Flex PieChart control when a user clicks on an item


• Scrolling to a specific index in a Flex List control


• Setting a Flex container's vertical scroll policy


• Exploding all wedges in a Flex PieChart control using the explodeRadius property


• Customizing radial strokes in a Flex PieChart control


• Customizing callout strokes in a Flex PieChart control


• Exploding wedges in a Flex PieChart control based on user input


• Drawing transparent pie wedges in a Flex PieChart control


• Changing the default fill colors in a Flex PieChart control

Posted by Peter deHaan at 10:23 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

• Resizing a Flex List control using the rowCount property
• Indenting Flex Accordion header labels
• Passing parameters to an HTTPService
• Defining a custom label function on a Flex Tree control
• Using the URLVariables and FileReference classes to pass data from Flex to a server-side script
• Using for the FileReference class's uploadCompleteData event to capture data from a server-side script
• Setting styles on individual Flex Accordion headers
• Pausing the animation in an indeterminate ProgressBar control
• Resizing a Flex DataGrid control using the rowCount property
• Creating unique identifiers with Flex
• Creating unique identifiers for objects using the getUID() method
• Controlling the distance between tabs in a TabBar control using the horizontalGap style
• Changing a Button control's icon when the button is disabled
• Toggling a Flex Slider control's tickInterval property
• Programmatically positioning tick marks on a slider control
• Customizing a slider control's data tip
• Displaying all data tips at once on a Flex PieChart control
• Creating a custom data tip function on a Flex PieChart control
• Positioning labels in a Flex PieChart control
• Detecting whether an image loaded successfully in Flex

As you can see, there were a couple posts on using the FileReference class, as well as several posts on using and customizing the PieChart control.

Posted by Peter deHaan at 10:41 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

A collection of my posts over at blog.flexexamples.com for the month of October.

• Data binding in Flex
• Positioning controls in Flex 3 using constraint columns
• Displaying images from an XML file using the Repeater component
• Migrating from Flex Builder 3 Beta 1 to Flex Builder 3 Beta 2
• Creating view states in a Flex application
• Changing a Flex FormItem container's indicator skin
• Changing a Flex ProgressBar control's direction
• Changing the indeterminate move interval of a Flex ProgressBar control
• Programmatically resizing a Flex HDividedBox container
• Embedding fonts by name instead of location
• Changing the background color of a disabled Flex TextInput control
• Changing the default easing function on a Wipe effect
• Creating clustered, stacked, overlaid, and 100% Bar charts in Flex 3
• Globally setting modal styles in a Flex application
• Styling the ColorPicker control in Flex 3
• Creating a custom creation complete effect on a Flex Alert control
• Creating donut shaped Pie charts using the innerRadius style
• Styling the Flex HRule control
• Rotating labels in a Flex chart axis using the labelRotation style
• Changing the bar width ratio on a Flex Bar Chart
• Using data effects to animate chart data
• Dropping labels in a Flex Chart
• Creating a simple multiple-choice quiz using the RadioButton and RadioButtonGroup controls
• Using the Image control as a pop up
• Creating a credit card validator in ActionScript
• Determining when the selected radio button has changed
• Publishing a release version of a Flex project
• Publishing a project's source code in Flex Builder 3 beta 2
• Adding a title icon to a Flex Alert control
• Loading and modifying remote images
• Programmatically removing an Alert using the PopUpManager
• Adding a status message to a Flex Alert control
• Setting a font's anti-alias type, sharpness, thickness and grid fit type in Flex
• Embedding fonts from a Flash SWF file into a Flex application
• Customizing the Accordion header in Flex 3
• Creating multi-line list rows with variable row heights

According to my WordPress blog stats, that makes 240 posts and 453 comments, contained within 85 categories (and a grand total of 4,957 spam comments caught by Akismet).

A big thanks to all the readers and commenters out there for helping me keep the site going!

Posted by Peter deHaan at 10:47 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

OK, so it seems like I've been a bit lazy when it comes to posting updates here from FlexExamples.com. So here is a brief glimpse of what you may (or may not) have missed in the second half of September:

• Changing text alignment in an Flex Accordion header
• Checking to see if a Flex CheckBox is selected before allowing a user to press a Button
• Checking whether a color name is a valid color in Flex using the StyleManager class
• Rotating images using the Matrix class
• Viewing an FLV video's metadata using a Flex VideoDisplay control
• Drawing complex rectangles in Flex using the GraphicsUtil class
• Changing a form item's background color when a child control has focus
• Setting a Flex container's background disabled color and disabled overlay alpha
• Changing a form item's background color when a child control has focus
• Drawing complex rectangles in Flex using the GraphicsUtil class
• Building a simple tip calculator in Flex
• Programmatically changing a Flex Accordion container's selected child
• Programmatically changing a Flex Accordion container's selected index
• Setting a Flex application's style name
• Dynamically adding new children to a Flex Accordion container
• Setting a Flex ProgressBar control's text indent
• Sequencing effects in Flex using the mx:Sequence tag
• Comparing two bitmap images using the BitmapData class
• Converting XML to objects using the Flex SimpleXMLDecoder class
• Converting XML to objects using the Flex HTTPService MXML tag
• Dragging rows between two different Flex DataGrid controls
• Determining a Flex application's current security sandbox type
• Changing the text alignment in a Flex ComboBox control
• Limiting the amount of text you can enter into a Flex TextArea control
• Triggering effects when a container's visibility is changed
• Uploading files in Flex using the FileReference class
• Truncating labels in a Flex ComboBox dropdown menu using an item renderer
• Triggering effects when a container is resized
• Setting a Flex component or control's width to a percentage value
• Creating drop shadows on the Flex TextArea control
• Setting a Flex Pie Chart's start angle
• Animating data changes in a Flex Pie Chart
• Creating a simple Flex Accordion inline header renderer
• Creating a custom ComboBox item renderer in Flex
• Creating a simple label function on a Flex ComboBox control
• Specifying a custom label field on a Flex ComboBox control
• Using the TabNavigator control's tabOffset style in Flex 3
• Using the flash.* classes in MXML
• Positioning items in Flex using a constraint based layout
• Styling the Flex TabNavigator control
• Detecting changes to an Object using the Flex ObjectProxy class
• Using the Flex TileList class's new dataChangeEffect style in Flex 3
• Adding your own custom CheckBox control icons in Flex
• Using a Flex TextArea control as a drop-in item editor

With any luck I'll be posting a similar entry shortly on all the entries so far in October. Whew!

Posted by Peter deHaan at 10:30 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I was away for the Labor day long weekend and it looks like I forgot to post. Either that or I was too lazy. At any rate, here's what you may have missed over on blog.flexexamples.com since my last update:

• Debugging Flex applications with mm.cfg and flashlog.txt
• Charting in Flex Builder 3 (public beta 1 edition)
• Changing the Accordion container's easing duration and easing functions
• Highlighting the Accordion container's currently selected header
• Resizing a Flex Accordion container to fit its contents
• Adding icons to a Flex Accordion control
• Toggling a Flex DataGrid control's header row
• Detecting the mouse scroll wheel in a Flex application
• Styling the Flex DataGrid control using a custom separator skins
• Styling a Flex Button control using embedded fonts
• Launching new browser windows from Flex
• Toggling draggable columns in a Flex DataGrid control
• Toggling resizable columns in a Flex DataGrid control
• Creating drop shadows on the Flex TextInput control
• Creating a Flex DataGrid control with a transparent background
• Toggling sortable columns in a Flex DataGrid control
• Setting custom status messages in a Flex Panel container
• Customizing a Flex ToolTip instance's appearance using styles
• Customizing a Flex TextInput control's error color
• Installing the Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3
• Controlling a Flex tool tip's show delay, hide delay, and scrub delay
• Globally disabling tool tips using the Flex ToolTipManager class
• Adding animations and effects to Flex tool tips
• Creating fixed width buttons in a Flex ButtonBar component
• Setting a Flex tool tip's maximum width
• Converting color names to numbers using the StyleManager class
• Trimming strings using the Flex StringUtil class's trimArrayElements() method
• Trimming strings using the Flex StringUtil class's trim() method
• Substituting values in strings using the Flex StringUtil class's substitute() method
• Checking if a character is whitespace using the Flex StringUtil class's isWhitespace() method
• Changing tab alignment within a Flex TabNavigator container
• Styling a Button control
• Changing the cursor in a Flex application using the CursorManager class
• Styling the TitleWindow container
• Changing the track height of a Flex ProgressBar control
• Finding out which fonts are installed on a user's system
• Customing the Flex HSlider and VSlider controls
• Building a simple style browser in Flex 3
• Introducing the StyleManager.selectors property in Flex 3
• Styling the HSlider control using CSS

Whew! Its been a busy 2 weeks. Enjoy.

BFF,
Peter

Posted by Peter deHaan at 7:38 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

I had a bit of time over the weekend so I thought I'd work on a few more examples for http://blog.flexexamples.com.

Nothing really advanced, but a couple neat tricks in there (hopefully). Enjoy,

• Adjusting a color's brightness using the ColorUtil class
• Changing the ColorPicker control's easing duration and easing functions
• Changing a CheckBox control's icon color and border color
• Changing a CheckBox control's label placement
• Changing a Tile container's horizontal and vertical alignment
• Changing a Tile container's horizontal and vertical gaps
• Changing a Tile container's child layout direction
• Using the ZipCodeValidator class to validate US or Canadian zip codes
• Using the CurrencyValidator and CurrencyFormatter classes to validate and format numbers
• Enabling and disabling specific tabs in a TabBar control
• Docking an ApplicationControlBar container
• Changing a CheckBox control's icon
• Changing a Button control's text alignment and label placement
• Changing a Button control's text color

BFF,
Peter

Posted by Peter deHaan at 10:22 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

A bit of a "short" list this week as I posted last Sunday instead of Friday. I posted the following examples over on my other blog, blog.flexexamples.com, the past week. Next week I hope to have a few examples on using the excellent Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3, which allows you to create assets in Flash CS3, export them as a SWC file, and use those assets in Flex. For more information, check out the entry "Using the Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3 to Create Flex Containers" on the Flex documentation team's blog.

• Using a custom context menu with the Flex DataGrid control
• Formatting a Flex DataGrid control using a custom item renderer
• Creating toggle and emphasized Button controls in Flex
• Creating custom dialog boxes using the PopUpManager and TitleWindow classes
• Creating a vertical ButtonBar in Flex
• Adding icons to a Flex TabBar control
• Highlighting a Slider control's track using the showTrackHighlight style
• Sorting and filtering data in an XMLListCollection
• Validating data using Regular Expressions
• Using the TitleWindow container to display status messages
• Using named groups with Regular Expressions
• Using overlapping slider thumbs in the Flex Slider controls
• Creating a vertical ToggleButtonBar in Flex
• Parsing the Kuler RSS feed using Flex
• Toggling a Flex container’s visibility
• Setting the DateChooser control's dayNames property and firstDayOfWeek property
• Determining a DataGridColumn object's current sort order
• Date math for lazy people
• Toggling a Flex container's visibility using states

Posted by Peter deHaan at 4:18 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

• Styling the Flex Alert control
• Dynamically creating ActionScript cue points from FlashVars loaded using the HTTPService tag
• Sorting date columns in a DataGrid
• Validating Flex forms using the Validator classes
• Converting and formatting colors
• Changing a modal Alert control's blur, transparency and transparency color
• Creating a simple timer in Flex with the flash.utils.Timer class
• Sorting an XMLListCollection using the mx:Sort and mx:SortField MXML tags
• Locking columns in a horizontally scrolling DataGrid control
• Preventing a user from deselecting dates in a DateChooser control
• Creating tool tips manually using the ToolTipManager class
• Displaying sound data using the SoundMixer.computeSpectrum() method
• Adding icons to a Flex TabNavigator control
• Using HTTPService tag to send/receive variables to a server-side script
• Styling a ComboBox control's dropdown menu
• Displaying icons in a Flex List control
• Alternating row colors in a Flex List control
• Setting a Flex Button control's border color and theme color
• Displaying icons in a Flex ComboBox control
• Changing the Flex ComboBox control’s opening and closing easing functions
• Creating a vertical LinkBar in Flex

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• Filtering an XMLListCollection using the filterFunction property and regular expressions
• Creating two related ComboBoxes
• Building a basic controller for the VideoDisplay control
• Removing duplicate items from an array using the Array.filter() method
• Sorting an ArrayCollection using the SortField and Sort classes
• Creating custom pop-up windows with the PopUpManager class
• Building a simple Flex module
• Embedding and animating fonts in a Flex application
• Modules and singleton manager classes
• Creating full-screen Flex applications
• Embedding sound effects in your Flex applications
• Setting the ProgressBar control’s labelPlacement, mode, and conversion properties
• Grabbing FlashVars from the embedding HTML template
• Specifying certain unicode-ranges for embedded fonts
• Making auto-repeat Button controls using the autoRepeat property and buttonDown event
• Checking the user’s Flash Player capabilities using the flash.system.Capabilities class
• Positioning a label within a progress bar using the ProgressBar.labelPlacement property
• Positioning an icon within a button using the Button.labelPlacement property
• Determining which server/domain a SWF is hosted on
• Rounding a Button control’s corners using the cornerRadius property
• Styling buttons in an Alert control
• Dynamically creating ActionScript cue points from FlashVars received from the HTML container
• Creating an Alert control with non-selectable text

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