Peter deHaan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Time for another “semi-regular” update on my other blog, blog.flexexamples.com. Here are all the posts I’ve published in the past couple weeks:

• 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