Setting the interpolation method for a linear gradient in Flex Gumbo

The following example shows how you can set the interpolation method on a Flex Gumbo Ellipse object’s LinearGradient fill by setting the interpolationMethod property to one of the constants in the flash.display.InterpolationMethod class.

Full code after the jump.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/12/01/setting-the-interpolation-method-for-a-linear-gradient-in-flex-gumbo/ -->
<Application name="LinearGradient_interpolationMethod_test"
        xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <Form styleName="plain">
            <FormItem label="interpolationMethod:">
                <ComboBox id="comboBox" selectedIndex="1">
                    <dataProvider>
                        <String>{InterpolationMethod.LINEAR_RGB}</String>
                        <String>{InterpolationMethod.RGB}</String>
                    </dataProvider>
                </ComboBox>
            </FormItem>
        </Form>
    </ApplicationControlBar>

    <Graphic>
        <Ellipse id="ellipse" width="300" height="200">
            <fill>
                <LinearGradient id="linearGrad"
                        interpolationMethod="{comboBox.selectedItem}">
                    <GradientEntry color="haloOrange" />
                    <GradientEntry color="haloBlue" />
                </LinearGradient>
            </fill>
        </Ellipse>
    </Graphic>

</Application>

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This entry is based on a beta version of the Flex Gumbo SDK and therefore is very likely to change as development of the Flex SDK continues. The API can (and will) change causing examples to possibly not compile in newer versions of the Flex Gumbo SDK.

Tagged as: Gumbo, interpolationMethod, lineargradient