Setting tab stops in an FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo

By Peter deHaan On October 31, 2008 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can set tab stops in a Flex Gumbo FxTextArea control by setting the tabStops style to an array of TabStopFormat objects.

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Using graphical and text primitives in Flex Gumbo

By Peter deHaan On October 30, 2008 · 4 Comments

The following example shows you how to draw an ellipse in a Flex Gumbo application using the new Ellipse graphic primitive in FXG.

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Determining the size of your Flex application

By Peter deHaan On October 29, 2008 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can determine the total bytes of your Flex application by accessing the loaderInfo.bytesTotal property.

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Determining your Flex SDK version number

By Peter deHaan On October 29, 2008 · 3 Comments

The following example shows how you can determine your Flex SDK version within a Flex application by using the internal mx_internal::VERSION property.

You can also find the version number by doing one of the following:
(a) Viewing the flex-sdk-description.xml file in your Flex SDK’s root directory:

<?xml version=”1.0″?> <flex-sdk-description> <name>Flex 4.0</name> <version>4.0.0</version> <build>3934</build> </flex-sdk-description> [...]

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Setting the value interval on a FxHSlider control in Flex Gumbo

By Peter deHaan On October 27, 2008 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can set the value interval on a Flex FxHSlider control in Gumbo by setting the stepSize and valueInterval properties.

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Aligning text vertically within an FxTextArea control in Flex Gumbo

By Peter deHaan On October 26, 2008 · 2 Comments

The following example shows how you can align text vertically within a Flex Gumbo FxTextArea control by setting the verticalAlign style.

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Incrementally 3D rotating objects using the Spark Rotate3D effect in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On October 25, 2008 · 16 Comments

In a previous example, “3D Rotating objects in Flex 4 using the Spark Rotate3D effect and Flash Player 10″, we saw how you could rotate objects in 3D space from 0 to 360 degrees along the X, Y, and Z axis using the Spark Rotate3D effect in the Flex 4 SDK.

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Creating strikethrough text on a TextGraphic control in Flex Gumbo

By Peter deHaan On October 24, 2008 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can create strikethrough text on a Flex TextGraphic control in Gumbo by setting the lineThrough style.

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Setting the vertical gap in a vertical layout in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On October 23, 2008 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can set the vertical gap between items in a Flex 4 Spark VerticalLayout by setting the gap property.

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Setting text alignment on a Spark TextArea control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On October 22, 2008 · 6 Comments

The following example shows how you can set the text alignment and text direction in a Spark TextArea control in Flex 4 by setting the textAlign and direction styles.

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Setting the ligature level on a Spark TextInput control in Flex Gumbo

By Peter deHaan On October 21, 2008 · 2 Comments

In earlier examples, “Embedding fonts in Flex Gumbo” and “Setting the typographic case on a Spark TextArea control in Flex Gumbo”, we’ve seen how to embed fonts in Flex Gumbo.

The following example shows how you can set the ligature level on a Spark TextInput control in Flex 4/Gumbo by setting the ligatureLevel [...]

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