Viewing the skin states on a Spark Button control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On December 19, 2009 · 8 Comments

The following example shows how you can create a simple skin-state browser in Flex 4 by calling the setCurrentState() method on an object’s skin property.

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Removing the thumb from an MX HSlider control in Flex

By Peter deHaan On December 18, 2009 · 3 Comments

In a previous example, “Changing a slider control’s thumb skin”, we saw how you could specify a custom embedded image instead of the default HSlider/VSlider thumb skin by setting the thumbSkin style.

In the following example shows how you can remove the thumb altogether by setting the thumbSkin style to null.

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Detecting when a video cannot be loaded by the Spark VideoPlayer control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On December 15, 2009 · 9 Comments

The following example shows how you can detect when an error was encountered while trying to play media using the Spark VideoPlayer control in Flex 4 by listening for the mediaPlayerStateChange event and checking for the playbackError state.

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Playing a video from an RTMP server using the Spark VideoPlayer control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On December 14, 2009 · 4 Comments

The following example shows how you can load a recorded F4V video from an RTMP server in a Spark VideoPlayer control in Flex 4 by setting the source property to a DynamicStreamingVideoSource object.

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Toggling data tips on the Spark VideoPlayer control scrub bar in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On December 12, 2009 · 3 Comments

The following example shows how you can toggle the data tip on a Spark VideoPlayer control scrub bar in Flex 4 by setting the Boolean showDataTip property on the scrubBar skin part.

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Changing the time format on a Spark VideoPlayer control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On December 11, 2009 · 4 Comments

The following example shows you how you can modify the time value format on the Spark VideoPlayer control in Flex 4 by overriding the formatTimeValue() method.

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Disabling the mouse scroll wheel on a Spark VideoPlayer control scrub bar in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On December 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can disable the mouse scroll wheel on a Spark VideoPlayer control scrub bar in Flex 4 by setting the Boolean mouseFocusEnabled property on the VideoPlayer control’s scrubBar skin part.

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Disabling the scrub bar on the Spark VideoPlayer control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On December 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment

In a previous example, “Disabling the mouse on the Spark VideoPlayer control scrub bar in Flex 4″, we saw how to disable the mouse on the Spark VideoPlayer control scrub bar in Flex 4 by setting the Boolean mouseEnabled and mouseChildren properties.

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Disabling the mouse on the Spark VideoPlayer control scrub bar in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On December 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can disable the mouse on the Spark VideoPlayer control scrub bar in Flex 4 by setting the Boolean mouseEnabled and mouseChildren properties.

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Pausing a video in the Spark VideoPlayer control when it is removed from the display list in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On December 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can pause a Spark VideoPlayer control when it is hidden or removed from the display list in Flex 4 by setting the Boolean pauseWhenHidden property.

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Creating a looping video using the Spark VideoPlayer component in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On December 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can create a looping video by using the Spark VideoPlayer control in Flex 4 by setting the Boolean loop property.

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