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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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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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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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>
(b) At a command prompt, navigate to your Flex SDK’s /bin/ directory and type mxmlc -version:
C:\dev\flexSDKs\4.0.0.3934\bin>mxmlc -version Version 4.0.0 build 3934
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The following example shows how you can wrap values in a Flex FxSpinner control by setting the valueWrap property.
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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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In a previous example, “3D Rotating objects in Flex using the FxRotate3D 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 Flex FxRotate3D effect in the beta Flex Gumbo SDK.
The following example shows how you can rotate an image relative to its current rotation by setting the yBy property on the FxRotate3D instance.
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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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The following example shows how you can set the vertical gap between items in a Flex Gumbo VerticalLayout by setting the gap property.
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The following example shows how you can set the text alignment and text direction in a Flex FxTextArea control by setting the textAlign and direction styles.
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In earlier examples, “Embedding fonts in Flex Gumbo” and “Setting the typographic case on an FxTextArea 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 Flex FxTextInput control in Gumbo by setting the ligatureLevel style to one of the static constants in the flash.text.engine.LigatureLevel class.
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The following example shows how you can set the typographic case on a Flex FxTextArea control in Gumbo by setting the typographicCase style to one of the static constants in the flash.text.engine.TypographicCase class.
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The following example shows how you can toggle the drop shadow on a Flex Panel container by setting the dropShadowEnabled style.
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The following example shows how you can add an icon to a Flex Panel container’s title bar by setting the titleIcon property.
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