Flex Examples

The following example shows how you can use an embedded font with the Flex ColorPicker control by setting the fontFamily style.

Full code after the jump.

View MXML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/06/15/using-an-embedded-font-with-the-colorpicker-control-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Style>
        @font-face {
            src: local("Base 02");
            fontFamily: Base02Embedded;
        }
    </mx:Style>

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            private function uintToHex(value:uint):String {
                var prefix:String = "000000";
                var str:String = String(prefix + value.toString(16));
                return "#" + str.substr(-6).toUpperCase();
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:ColorPicker id="colorPicker"
                fontFamily="Base02Embedded"
                editable="false" />
        <mx:Label id="lbl"
                text="{uintToHex(colorPicker.selectedColor)}"
                fontFamily="_typewriter"
                fontSize="16" />
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

</mx:Application>

View source is enabled in the following example.

You can also set the fontFamily style in an external .CSS file or <mx:Style /> block, as seen in the following example:

View MXML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/06/15/using-an-embedded-font-with-the-colorpicker-control-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Style>
        @font-face {
            src: local("Base 02");
            fontFamily: Base02Embedded;
        }

        ColorPicker {
            fontFamily: Base02Embedded;
        }
    </mx:Style>

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            private function uintToHex(value:uint):String {
                var prefix:String = "000000";
                var str:String = String(prefix + value.toString(16));
                return "#" + str.substr(-6).toUpperCase();
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:ColorPicker id="colorPicker"
                editable="false" />
        <mx:Label id="lbl"
                text="{uintToHex(colorPicker.selectedColor)}"
                fontFamily="_typewriter"
                fontSize="16" />
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

</mx:Application>

Or, you can set the fontFamily style using ActionScript, as seen in the following example:

View MXML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/06/15/using-an-embedded-font-with-the-colorpicker-control-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white"
        creationComplete="init();">

    <mx:Style>
        @font-face {
            src: local("Base 02");
            fontFamily: Base02Embedded;
        }
    </mx:Style>

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            private function init():void {
                colorPicker.setStyle("fontFamily", "Base02Embedded");
            }

            private function uintToHex(value:uint):String {
                var prefix:String = "000000";
                var str:String = String(prefix + value.toString(16));
                return "#" + str.substr(-6).toUpperCase();
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:ColorPicker id="colorPicker"
                editable="false"
                initialize="init();" />
        <mx:Label id="lbl"
                text="{uintToHex(colorPicker.selectedColor)}"
                fontFamily="_typewriter"
                fontSize="16" />
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

</mx:Application>

Base 02 font by http://www.stereo-type.net/.