The following example shows how you can set the origin X and Y coordinate for a linear gradient fill in Flex Gumbo by setting the x and y properties on the LinearGradient object.
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The following example shows how you can set the angle of a LinearGradient fill on a Flex Gumbo Ellipse object by setting the rotation property.
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The following example shows how you can set an Ellipse object’s stroke weight by setting the weight property on the SolidColorStroke object.
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The following example shows how you can auto-scroll a Flex TextArea control when new content is added by setting the verticalScrollPosition property to the value of the maxVerticalScrollPosition property.
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In a previous example, “Creating a solid color fill on an Ellipse object in Flex Gumbo”, we saw how you could create a solid color fill on an Ellipse object by setting the fill property to a SolidColor object.
The following example shows how you can create a linear gradient fill on a Flex Gumbo Ellipse object by setting the fill property to a LinearGradient object.
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The following example shows how you can create a solid color fill on an Flex Gumbo Ellipse object by setting the fill property to a SolidColor object.
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The following example shows how you can set the blend mode of an Ellipse object by setting the blendMode property.
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The following example shows how you can use the selectAll event to determine when the user uses the context menu or a keyboard command (Ctrl+A/Command+A) to select all text in a Flex Gumbo FxTextArea control.
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The following example shows how you can set the column width on a Flex Gumbo FxTextArea control by setting the columnWidth style.
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The following example shows how you can set the cap between two columns in a Flex FxTextArea control by setting the columnCount and columnGap styles.
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The following example shows how you can set the CFF hinting on a Flex Gumbo TextGraphic object by setting the cffHinting style.
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On November 17th, Adobe released Flex Builder 3.0.2 and Flex SDK 3.2. For more information on what’s new, check out Matt Chotin’s excellent article, “Introducing Flex SDK 3.2 and Flex Builder 3.0.2″.
There are two ways to download and install the latest update to Flex Builder 3.
The easiest way is to select Help > Search for Flex Builder Updates from the main menu in Flex Builder. This should launch the Adobe updater which will search for the latest version of Flex Builder on the Adobe servers.
The other way to get the latest Flex Builder update is to go to the Adobe Flex Support Center’s “Updaters” page and download the updater installer for Mac or Windows.
