Comments on: Setting a gradient background fill on a Spark TextArea control in Flex 4

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:26:22 +0000

@Peter
Oh, the VideoPlayer’s API has changed significantly since the Beta 2: VideoElement, totalTime, playheadUpdate – to name just a few – have been replaced/changed (hopefully for the better :).
Igor

By: Peter deHaan

Peter deHaan — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:13:46 +0000

@Igor,

Correct, we did switch the Flex 4 Video components from the FLVPlayback architecture to the newer OSMF architecture (see “Open Source Media Framework (OSMF” for more information).

I think it’s pretty safe to say that the API is pretty much finalized for Flex 4.0 at this point (assuming you’re grabbing the latest nightly builds, I’m not sure how recent the older Beta 2 milestone drop was/is).

Peter

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:30:23 +0000

Thank you, Peter.
I’ll follow your advice.

And one more question, although this one probably can’t be answered with certainty.
Flex team keeps modifying Video Player. Can it be assumed that the core properties, methods, and events of this component now have been finalized?
Igor

By: Peter deHaan

Peter deHaan — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:36:55 +0000

@Igor Borodin,

Correct, the Spark Label does not have a skin, and you can only modify the simple background color or background alpha.
If you wanted to create a gradient background fill, I imagine the easiest way may be to wrap the Spark Label in a BorderContainer component and set the complex background fill on the container.

Peter

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:18:34 +0000

Hello Peter,

In context of this post I have a question.
I’d like to use gradient colors on the “Label” background.
The problem is: as far as I can see the ‘Label’ does NOT have either skin or clear reference in its actionscript file to the background property.
So, the question is: can I control the properties of ‘Label’s background besideds the simple color and alpha?

Thanks,
Igor Borodin