Archive for January 30th, 2008

30
Jan

Copying text to the operating system clipboard in Flex

The following example shows you how you can copy text from a Flex application to the operating system’s clipboard by using the static System.setClipboard() method.

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30
Jan

Creating semi-transparent PopUpButton pop up menus in Flex

The following example shows you how you can create semi-transparent pop up menus using the Flex PopUpButton control by setting the backgroundAlpha, backgroundColor, and borderStyle styles on the pop up menu.

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30
Jan

Changing the width of the arrow button in a Flex PopUpButton control

The following example shows you how you can customize the width of the PopUpButton control’s arrow button in Flex by setting the arrowButtonWidth style.

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