Setting a creation complete effect on a Button control in Flex

The following example shows how you can set a creation complete effect on a Flex Button control by setting the creationCompleteEffect style.

Full code after the jump.

View MXML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/06/17/setting-a-creation-complete-effect-on-a-button-control-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Button id="button"
            label="Button"
            creationCompleteEffect="Zoom" />

</mx:Application>

View source is enabled in the following example.

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

View MXML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/06/17/setting-a-creation-complete-effect-on-a-button-control-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Style>
        Button {
            creationCompleteEffect: Zoom;
        }
    </mx:Style>

    <mx:Button id="button"
            label="Button" />

</mx:Application>

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

View MXML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/06/17/setting-a-creation-complete-effect-on-a-button-control-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white"
        creationComplete="init();">

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.controls.Button;
            import mx.effects.Zoom;

            private var button:Button;

            private function init():void {
                button = new Button();
                button.label = "Button";
                button.setStyle("creationCompleteEffect", Zoom);
                addChild(button);
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

</mx:Application>