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Adding an FTETextField object to the display list in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On October 7, 2009 · 11 Comments

The following example shows how you can add an FTETextField object (formerly TLFTextField) by using a Halo/MX container and the rawChildren.addChild() method or by using a SpriteVisualElement object and the addChild() method.

The mx.core.TLFTextField class was renamed to mx.core.FTETextField in 4.0.0.10872.

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Setting the background color on a Spark Application control bar in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On October 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can set the background fill color on a Spark Application container’s control bar in Flex 4 by setting the skinClass style and modifying the control bar fill:

<!– layer 1: control bar fill –> <s:rect left="1" right="1" top="1" bottom="2"> <s:fill> <s:lineargradient rotation="90"> <s:gradiententry color="0×333333" /> <s:gradiententry color="0×666666" /> </s:lineargradient> [...]

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Toggling variable row heights on a Spark VGroup container in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On October 2, 2009 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can toggle variable item/row heights on a Spark VGroup container in Flex 4 by setting the Boolean variableRowHeight property.

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Toggling smoothing on a Spark Border container in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On October 1, 2009 · 2 Comments

The following example shows how you can toggle smoothing on a Spark Border container in Flex 4 by setting the Boolean smooth property on the BitmapFill object.

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Defining tab stops on a Spark TextArea control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On September 29, 2009 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can set up tab stops on a Spark TextArea control in Flex 4 by setting the tabStops style.

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Setting the border weight on a Spark Border container in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On September 28, 2009 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can set the border weight on a Spark Border container in Flex 4 by setting the borderWeight style.

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Creating a vertical application control bar on a Spark Application container in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On September 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can create a vertical application control bar on a Spark Application container in Flex 4 by creating a custom Application skin and setting the skinClass style.

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Changing the text alignment of a Spark Panel title in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On September 22, 2009 · 8 Comments

The following example shows how you can change the text alignment of a Spark Panel title in Flex 4 by setting the textAlign style on the Panel container’s titleDisplay object.

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Fading two images using the CrossFade effect in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On September 21, 2009 · 7 Comments

The following example shows how you can cross fade two bitmap images using the CrossFade effect in Flex 4.

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Setting the background image resize mode on a Spark Border container in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On September 11, 2009 · 12 Comments

The following example shows how you can set the background image resize mode on a Spark Border container in Flex 4 by setting the backgroundImageResizeMode style.

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