Peter deHaan

• 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.

Posted by Peter deHaan at 08:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

• 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

Posted by Peter deHaan at 07:36 AM | Permalink | Comments (7)

• 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.

Posted by Peter deHaan at 07:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

• 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)".

Posted by Peter deHaan at 08:18 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

• 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".

Posted by Peter deHaan at 08:37 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

• 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.

Posted by Peter deHaan at 09:02 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

• 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).

Posted by Peter deHaan at 11:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

• 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

Posted by Peter deHaan at 10:42 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

• 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

Posted by Peter deHaan at 06:59 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

• 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

Posted by Peter deHaan at 07:40 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

• 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 07:58 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 05:54 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 07:07 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