Archive for November 15th, 2007

15
Nov

Changing the horizontal grid line frequency in a Flex LineChart control using the horizontalChangeCount style

The following example shows how you can adjust the interval of horizontal grid lines in a LineChart by setting the horizontalChangeCount style.

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15
Nov

Displaying grid lines in a Flex LineChart control

The following example shows how you can add horizontal or vertical (or both) grid lines to a LineChart contol in Flex by setting the direction style in the GridLines tags, as seen in the following snippet:

<mx:LineChart dataProvider="{dp}">

    <mx:backgroundElements>
        <mx:GridLines direction="vertical" />
    </mx:backgroundElements>

</mx:LineChart>

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15
Nov

Alternating background row colors in a Flex LineSeries chart

The following example shows how you can alternate background row colors in a LineSeries chart in Flex by setting the horizontalAlternateFill style in the GridLines object, as seen in the following snippet:

<mx:LineChart showDataTips="true" dataProvider="{dp}">

    <mx:backgroundElements>
        <mx:GridLines>
            <mx:horizontalAlternateFill>
                <mx:SolidColor color="haloSilver" alpha="0.25" />
            </mx:horizontalAlternateFill>
        </mx:GridLines>
    </mx:backgroundElements>

</mx:LineChart>

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15
Nov

Customizing the horizontal grid lines in a Flex LineChart control

The following example shows how you can customize the horizontal grid lines in a Flex LineChart control by the horizontalStroke style.

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15
Nov

Displaying a PieSeries item’s data when a user clicks an item in a Flex PieChart control

The following example shows how you can display the selected pie series item when the user clicks a wedge in a PieChart control.

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15
Nov

Setting a custom icon field in a Flex Tree control

The following example shows how you can specify a custom icon field in a Flex Tree control to set an icon on a specific node.

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15
Nov

Creating a custom icon function on a Flex Tree control

The following example shows how you can build a custom icon function on a Flex Tree control to display different icons depending on the current node name in the data provider.

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15
Nov

Creating a custom label function on a Flex LineChart control’s linear axis

The following example shows how you can create a custom label function on a LinearAxis in a Flex LineChart control.

For an example of creating a custom label function for the horizontal/category axis, check out “Creating a custom label function on a Flex LineChart control’s category axis”.

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