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		<title>Creating a fading bitmap fill background on a Spark Panel container in Flex 4</title>
		<link>http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/06/13/creating-a-fading-bitmap-fill-background-on-a-spark-panel-container-in-flex-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter deHaan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The following example shows how you can create a &#8220;fancy&#8221; fading bitmap fill background on a Spark Panel container in Flex 4 by using a combination BitmapFill and LinearGradient fill.</p> <p>Full code after the jump.</p> <p></p> &#60;?xml version=&#34;1.0&#34; encoding=&#34;utf-8&#34;?&#62; &#60;!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/06/13/creating-a-fading-bitmap-fill-background-on-a-spark-panel-container-in-flex-4/ --&#62; &#60;s:Application name=&#34;Spark_Panel_fill_BitmapFill_test&#34; xmlns:fx=&#34;http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009&#34; xmlns:s=&#34;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark&#34; xmlns:mx=&#34;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/halo&#34;&#62; &#160; &#60;mx:ApplicationControlBar width=&#34;100%&#34; cornerRadius=&#34;0&#34;&#62; &#60;mx:Form styleName=&#34;plain&#34;&#62; &#60;mx:FormItem label=&#34;rotation:&#34;&#62; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The following example shows how you can create a &#8220;fancy&#8221; fading bitmap fill background on a Spark Panel container in Flex 4 by using a combination BitmapFill and LinearGradient fill.</p>
<p>Full code after the jump.</p>
<p><span id="more-1109"></span></p>
<p class="alert">The following example(s) require Flash Player 10 and the Adobe Flex 4 SDK. To download the Adobe Flash Builder 4 trial, see <a href="http://bit.ly/crThlI">http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/</a>. To download the latest nightly build of the Flex 4 SDK, see <a href="http://bit.ly/Flex4SDK">http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Download+Flex+4</a>.<br/><strong>For more information on getting started with Flex 4 and Flash Builder 4, see the official <a href="http://bit.ly/dCkecm">Adobe Flex Team blog</a>.</strong></p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="mxml" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #000000;">&lt;?xml version=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1.0&quot;</span> encoding=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;utf-8&quot;</span>?<span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/06/13/creating-a-fading-bitmap-fill-background-on-a-spark-panel-container-in-flex-4/ --&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Application</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;Spark_Panel_fill_BitmapFill_test&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:fx=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:s=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:mx=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/halo&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;mx:ApplicationControlBar</span> width=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;100%&quot;</span> cornerRadius=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;mx:Form</span> styleName=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;plain&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;mx:FormItem</span> label=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;rotation:&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:HSlider</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;rotationSlider&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                        minimum=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;-360&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                        maximum=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;360&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                        value=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;90&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                        liveDragging=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;true&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                        width=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;{pnl.width}&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/mx:FormItem</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;mx:FormItem</span> label=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;ratio:&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:HSlider</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;ratioSlider&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                        minimum=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0.0&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                        maximum=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1.0&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                        value=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0.2&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                        valueInterval=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0.05&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                        liveDragging=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;true&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                        width=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;{pnl.width}&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/mx:FormItem</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/mx:Form</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/mx:ApplicationControlBar</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Panel</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;pnl&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            title=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;Spark Panel title&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            width=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;320&quot;</span> height=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;240&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            horizontalCenter=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> verticalCenter=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> width=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;100%&quot;</span> height=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;100%&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:BitmapFill</span> source=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;@Embed('assets/pattern_140.gif')&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> width=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;100%&quot;</span> height=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;100%&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:LinearGradient</span> rotation=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;{rotationSlider.value}&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:GradientEntry</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;white&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                            alpha=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0.0&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                            ratio=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0.0&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:GradientEntry</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;#F0EBD2&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                            alpha=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1.0&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                            ratio=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;{ratioSlider.value}&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:LinearGradient</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:TextArea</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;textArea&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                verticalScrollPolicy=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;on&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;20&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;20&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;20&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;20&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:text</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:text</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:TextArea</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Panel</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Application</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span></pre></div></div>

<p class="information"><a href="http://blog.flexexamples.com/wp-content/uploads/spark/Spark_Panel_fill_BitmapFill_test/bin/srcview/">View source</a> is enabled in the following example.</p>
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<p>You can also set the BitmapFill and LinearGradient fills in a custom Spark Panel skin, as seen in the following example:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="mxml" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #000000;">&lt;?xml version=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1.0&quot;</span> encoding=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;utf-8&quot;</span>?<span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/06/13/creating-a-fading-bitmap-fill-background-on-a-spark-panel-container-in-flex-4/ --&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Application</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;Spark_Panel_fill_BitmapFill_test&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:fx=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:s=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:mx=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/halo&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Panel</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;pnl&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            title=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;Spark Panel title&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            skinClass=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;skins.CustomPanelSkin&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            contentBackgroundColor=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;#F0EBD2&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            width=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;320&quot;</span> height=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;240&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            horizontalCenter=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> verticalCenter=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:TextArea</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;textArea&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                contentBackgroundColor=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;white&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                verticalScrollPolicy=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;on&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;20&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;20&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;20&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;20&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:text</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:text</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:TextArea</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Panel</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Application</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span></pre></div></div>

<p>And the custom Spark Panel skin, CustomPanelSkin.mxml, is as follows:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="mxml" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #000000;">&lt;?xml version=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1.0&quot;</span> encoding=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;utf-8&quot;</span>?<span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/06/13/creating-a-fading-bitmap-fill-background-on-a-spark-panel-container-in-flex-4/ --&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:SparkSkin</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;CustomPanelSkin&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">             xmlns:fx=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">             xmlns:s=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">             alpha.disabled=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0.5&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:states</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:State</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;normal&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:State</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;disabled&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:states</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;fx:Metadata</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&lt;!<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#91;</span>CDATA<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#91;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">             <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#91;</span>HostComponent<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;spark.components.Panel&quot;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#93;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/fx:Metadata</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;fx:Script</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        /* Define the skin elements that should not be colorized.
        For panel, border and title backround are skinned, but the content area and title text are not. */
        static private const exclusions:Array = [&quot;background&quot;, &quot;titleField&quot;, &quot;contentGroup&quot;];
&nbsp;
        override public function get colorizeExclusions():Array {return exclusions;}
&nbsp;
        /* Define the content fill items that should be colored by the &quot;contentBackgroundColor&quot; style. */
        static private const contentFill:Array = [&quot;bgFill&quot;];
&nbsp;
        override public function get contentItems():Array {return contentFill};
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/fx:Script</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- drop shadow --&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:RectangularDropShadow</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;shadow&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                             blurX=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;20&quot;</span> blurY=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;20&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                             alpha=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0.32&quot;</span> distance=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;11&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                             angle=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;90&quot;</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;#000000&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                             left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- layer 1: border --&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:stroke</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:SolidColorStroke</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> alpha=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0.50&quot;</span> weight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:stroke</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- layer 2: background fill --&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:BitmapFill</span> source=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;@Embed('assets/pattern_140.gif')&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!--- Defines the appearance of the PanelSkin class's background. --&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;background&quot;</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!--- Defines the  PanelSkin class's background fill. The default color is 0xFFFFFF. --&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:LinearGradient</span> rotation=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;90&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:GradientEntry</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;white&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                                 alpha=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0.0&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                                 ratio=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0.0&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:GradientEntry</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;bgFill&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                                 color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0xFF0000&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                                 alpha=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1.0&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                                 ratio=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0.3&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:LinearGradient</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- layer 3: title bar fill --&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> height=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;30&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:LinearGradient</span> rotation=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;90&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:GradientEntry</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0xE2E2E2&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:GradientEntry</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0xD9D9D9&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:LinearGradient</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- layer 4: title bar highlight --&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> height=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;30&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:stroke</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:LinearGradientStroke</span> rotation=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;90&quot;</span> weight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:GradientEntry</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0xEAEAEA&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:GradientEntry</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0xD9D9D9&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:LinearGradientStroke</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:stroke</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;31&quot;</span> height=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:SolidColor</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0xC0C0C0&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- layer 5: text --&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!--- Defines the appearance of the PanelSkin class's title bar. --&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:SimpleText</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;titleField&quot;</span> lineBreak=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;toFit&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                  left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;10&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;4&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;2&quot;</span> height=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;30&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                  verticalAlign=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;middle&quot;</span> fontWeight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;bold&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                  truncation=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Scroller</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;32&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!--</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        Note: setting the minimum size to 0 here so that changes to the host component's</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        size will not be thwarted by this skin part's minimum size.   This is a compromise,</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        more about it here: http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-21143</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        --&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Group</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;contentGroup&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                 width=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;100%&quot;</span> height=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;100%&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                 minWidth=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> minHeight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!--</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            &lt;s:layout&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:VerticalLayout</span> paddingLeft=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;20&quot;</span> paddingRight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;20&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                        paddingTop=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;20&quot;</span> paddingBottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;20&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:layout</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            --&gt;
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Group</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Scroller</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:SparkSkin</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span></pre></div></div>

<p class="alert">This entry is based on a beta version of the Flex 4 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 4 SDK.</p>
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		<title>Creating a bitmap background fill on a Spark List control in Flex 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter deHaan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BitmapFill]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gumbo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The following example shows how you can set a bitmap background fill on a Spark List control in Flex 4 by creating a custom Spark List skin with a BitmapFill object and setting a custom item renderer.</p> <p></p> &#60;?xml version=&#34;1.0&#34; encoding=&#34;utf-8&#34;?&#62; &#60;!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/04/26/creating-a-bitmap-background-fill-on-a-spark-list-control-in-flex-gumbo/ --&#62; &#60;s:Application name=&#34;Spark_List_background_BitmapFill_test&#34; xmlns:fx=&#34;http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009&#34; xmlns:s=&#34;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark&#34; xmlns:mx=&#34;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx&#34;&#62; &#160; &#60;s:List id=&#34;list&#34; itemRenderer=&#34;skins.CustomItemRenderer&#34; skinClass=&#34;skins.CustomListSkin&#34; horizontalCenter=&#34;0&#34; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The following example shows how you can set a bitmap background fill on a Spark List control in Flex 4 by creating a custom Spark List skin with a BitmapFill object and setting a custom item renderer.</p>
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<p class="alert">The following example(s) require Flash Player 10 and the Adobe Flex 4 SDK. To download the Adobe Flash Builder 4 trial, see <a href="http://bit.ly/crThlI">http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/</a>. To download the latest nightly build of the Flex 4 SDK, see <a href="http://bit.ly/Flex4SDK">http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Download+Flex+4</a>.<br/><strong>For more information on getting started with Flex 4 and Flash Builder 4, see the official <a href="http://bit.ly/dCkecm">Adobe Flex Team blog</a>.</strong></p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="mxml" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #000000;">&lt;?xml version=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1.0&quot;</span> encoding=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;utf-8&quot;</span>?<span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/04/26/creating-a-bitmap-background-fill-on-a-spark-list-control-in-flex-gumbo/ --&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Application</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;Spark_List_background_BitmapFill_test&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:fx=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:s=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:mx=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:List</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;list&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            itemRenderer=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;skins.CustomItemRenderer&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            skinClass=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;skins.CustomListSkin&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            horizontalCenter=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            verticalCenter=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:layout</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:VerticalLayout</span> gap=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> horizontalAlign=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;contentJustify&quot;</span> requestedRowCount=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;5&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:layout</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:dataProvider</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:ArrayList</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;fx:String</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>The<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/fx:String</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;fx:String</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>Quick<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/fx:String</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;fx:String</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>Brown<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/fx:String</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;fx:String</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>Fox<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/fx:String</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;fx:String</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>Jumps<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/fx:String</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;fx:String</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>Over<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/fx:String</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;fx:String</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>The<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/fx:String</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;fx:String</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>Lazy<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/fx:String</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;fx:String</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>Dog<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/fx:String</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:ArrayList</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:dataProvider</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:List</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Application</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span></pre></div></div>

<p>The custom Spark List skin file, <em>skins/CustomListSkin.mxml</em>, is as follows:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="mxml" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #000000;">&lt;?xml version=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1.0&quot;</span> encoding=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;utf-8&quot;</span>?<span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/04/26/creating-a-bitmap-background-fill-on-a-spark-list-control-in-flex-gumbo/ --&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:SparkSkin</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;CustomListSkin&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:fx=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:s=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:fb=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;http://ns.adobe.com/flashbuilder/2009&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        minWidth=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;112&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        alpha.disabled=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0.5&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        blendMode=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;normal&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:states</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:State</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;normal&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:State</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;disabled&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:states</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;fx:Metadata</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        [HostComponent(&quot;spark.components.List&quot;)]
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/fx:Metadata</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;fx:Script</span> fb:purpose=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;styling&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&lt;!<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#91;</span>CDATA<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#91;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            /* Define the skin elements that should not be colorized.</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            For list, the skin itself is colorized but the individual parts are not. */</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            static private const exclusions:Array = <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;scroller&quot;</span>, <span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;background&quot;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#93;</span>;</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000000;">            override public function get colorizeExclusions<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>:Array <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#123;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                return exclusions;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#125;</span></span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000000;">            /* Define the content fill items that should be colored by the <span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;contentBackgroundColor&quot;</span> style. */</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            static private const contentFill:Array = <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#93;</span>;</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000000;">            override public function get contentItems<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>:Array <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#123;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                return contentFill;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#125;</span></span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000000;">            override protected function initializationComplete<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>:void <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#123;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                useChromeColor = true;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                super.initializationComplete<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#125;</span></span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000000;">            override protected function updateDisplayList<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span>unscaledWidth:Number, unscaledHeight:Number<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>:void <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#123;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                if <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span>getStyle<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;borderVisible&quot;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span> == true<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#123;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    border.visible = true;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    background.left = background.top = background.right = background.bottom = <span style="color: #cc66cc;">1</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    scroller.minViewportInset = <span style="color: #cc66cc;">1</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#125;</span> else <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#123;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    border.visible = false;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    background.left = background.top = background.right = background.bottom = <span style="color: #cc66cc;">0</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    scroller.minViewportInset = <span style="color: #cc66cc;">0</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#125;</span></span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000000;">                borderStroke.alpha = getStyle<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;borderAlpha&quot;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                borderStroke.color = getStyle<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;borderColor&quot;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>;</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000000;">                super.updateDisplayList<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span>unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#125;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/fx:Script</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;fx:Declarations</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;fx:Component</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;dropIndicator&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Group</span> minWidth=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;3&quot;</span> minHeight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;3&quot;</span> maxWidth=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;3&quot;</span> maxHeight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;3&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!--- Defines the color of the background. --&gt;</span></span>
                        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:SolidColor</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0xBBBBBB&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:stroke</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:SolidColorStroke</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0x868686&quot;</span> weight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:stroke</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Group</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/fx:Component</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/fx:Declarations</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- border --&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;border&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:stroke</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:SolidColorStroke</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;borderStroke&quot;</span> weight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:stroke</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- fill --&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!--- Defines the background appearance of the list-based component. --&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;background&quot;</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:BitmapFill</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;bgFill&quot;</span> source=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;@Embed('pattern_149.gif')&quot;</span> fillMode=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;repeat&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!--- The Scroller component to add scroll bars to the list. --&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Scroller</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;scroller&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                minViewportInset=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                hasFocusableChildren=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;false&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:DataGroup</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;dataGroup&quot;</span> itemRenderer=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;spark.skins.spark.DefaultItemRenderer&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:layout</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!--- The default layout is vertical and measures at least for 5 rows.</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                When switching to a different layout, HorizontalLayout for example,</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                make sure to adjust the minWidth, minHeihgt sizes of the skin --&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:VerticalLayout</span> gap=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> horizontalAlign=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;contentJustify&quot;</span> requestedMinRowCount=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;5&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:layout</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:DataGroup</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Scroller</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:SparkSkin</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span></pre></div></div>

<p>And the custom item renderer, <em>skins/CustomItemRenderer.mxml</em>, is as follows:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="mxml" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #000000;">&lt;?xml version=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1.0&quot;</span> encoding=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;utf-8&quot;</span>?<span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/04/26/creating-a-bitmap-background-fill-on-a-spark-list-control-in-flex-gumbo/ --&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:ItemRenderer</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;CustomItemRenderer&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:fx=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009&quot;</span> </span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:s=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark&quot;</span> </span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:mx=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx&quot;</span> </span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        autoDrawBackground=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;false&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- states --&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:states</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:State</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;normal&quot;</span> stateGroups=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;normalStates&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:State</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;hovered&quot;</span> stateGroups=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;hoveredStates&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:State</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;selected&quot;</span> stateGroups=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;selectedStates&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:State</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;normalAndShowsCaret&quot;</span> stateGroups=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;normalStates,caretStates&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:State</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;hoveredAndShowsCaret&quot;</span> stateGroups=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;hoveredStates,caretStates&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:State</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;selectedAndShowsCaret&quot;</span> stateGroups=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;selectedStates,caretStates&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:states</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:stroke</span>.caretStates<span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:SolidColorStroke</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;{getStyle('selectionColor')}&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    weight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:stroke</span>.caretStates<span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:SolidColor</span> color.normalStates=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;{getStyle('contentBackgroundColor')}&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    color.hoveredStates=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;{getStyle('rollOverColor')}&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    color.selectedStates=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;{getStyle('selectionColor')}&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    alpha=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0.5&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Label</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;labelDisplay&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            verticalCenter=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;3&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;3&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;5&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;4&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:ItemRenderer</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span></pre></div></div>

<p class="information"><a href="http://blog.flexexamples.com/wp-content/uploads/spark/Spark_List_background_BitmapFill_test/bin/srcview/">View source</a> is enabled in the following example.</p>
<p><iframe src="http://blog.flexexamples.com/wp-content/uploads/spark/Spark_List_background_BitmapFill_test/bin/main.html" width="100%" height="200"></iframe></p>
<p class="alert">This entry is based on a beta version of the Flex 4 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 4 SDK.</p>
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		<title>Creating a repeating background fill on a Spark Panel container in Flex 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter deHaan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Panel (Spark)]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The following example shows how you can create a repeating tiled background fill on a Spark Panel container in Flex 4 by creating a custom skin, setting a BitmapFill on the background Rect and then set the skinClass style.</p> <p></p> &#60;?xml version=&#34;1.0&#34; encoding=&#34;utf-8&#34;?&#62; &#60;!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/03/28/creating-a-repeating-background-fill-on-an-fxpanel-container-in-flex-gumbo/ --&#62; &#60;s:Application name=&#34;Spark_Panel_skinClass_test&#34; xmlns:fx=&#34;http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009&#34; xmlns:s=&#34;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark&#34; xmlns:mx=&#34;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx&#34;&#62; &#160; &#60;s:Panel id=&#34;panel&#34; title=&#34;Spark [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The following example shows how you can create a repeating tiled background fill on a Spark Panel container in Flex 4 by creating a custom skin, setting a BitmapFill on the background Rect and then set the <code>skinClass</code> style.</p>
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<p class="alert">The following example(s) require Flash Player 10 and the Adobe Flex 4 SDK. To download the Adobe Flash Builder 4 trial, see <a href="http://bit.ly/crThlI">http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/</a>. To download the latest nightly build of the Flex 4 SDK, see <a href="http://bit.ly/Flex4SDK">http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Download+Flex+4</a>.<br/><strong>For more information on getting started with Flex 4 and Flash Builder 4, see the official <a href="http://bit.ly/dCkecm">Adobe Flex Team blog</a>.</strong></p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="mxml" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #000000;">&lt;?xml version=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1.0&quot;</span> encoding=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;utf-8&quot;</span>?<span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/03/28/creating-a-repeating-background-fill-on-an-fxpanel-container-in-flex-gumbo/ --&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Application</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;Spark_Panel_skinClass_test&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:fx=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:s=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:mx=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
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    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Panel</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;panel&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            title=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;Spark Panel title&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            skinClass=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;skins.CustomPanelSkin&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;20&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;20&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;20&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;20&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:RichText</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;rchTxt&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                text=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                fontSize=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;72&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;10&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;10&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;10&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;10&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Panel</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
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<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Application</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span></pre></div></div>

<p>The custom skin class, <em>skins/CustomPanelSkin.mxml</em>, is as follows:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="mxml" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #000000;">&lt;?xml version=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1.0&quot;</span> encoding=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;utf-8&quot;</span>?<span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/03/28/creating-a-repeating-background-fill-on-an-fxpanel-container-in-flex-gumbo/ --&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:SparkSkin</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;CustomPanelSkin&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:fx=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:s=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:fb=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;http://ns.adobe.com/flashbuilder/2009&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        blendMode=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;normal&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        mouseEnabled=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;false&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        minWidth=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;131&quot;</span> minHeight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;127&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        alpha.disabled=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0.5&quot;</span> alpha.disabledWithControlBar=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0.5&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- states --&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:states</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:State</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;normal&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:State</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;disabled&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:State</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;normalWithControlBar&quot;</span> stateGroups=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;withControls&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:State</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;disabledWithControlBar&quot;</span> stateGroups=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;withControls&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:states</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
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    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;fx:Metadata</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        [HostComponent(&quot;spark.components.Panel&quot;)]
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/fx:Metadata</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
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    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;fx:Script</span> fb:purpose=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;styling&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&lt;!<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#91;</span>CDATA<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#91;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            /* Define the skin elements that should not be colorized.</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            For panel, border and title background are skinned, but the content area and title text are not. */</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            static private const exclusions:Array = <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;background&quot;</span>, <span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;titleDisplay&quot;</span>, <span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;contentGroup&quot;</span>, <span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;controlBarGroup&quot;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#93;</span>;</span>
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<span style="color: #000000;">            override public function get colorizeExclusions<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>:Array <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#123;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                return exclusions;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#125;</span></span>
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<span style="color: #000000;">            override protected function initializationComplete<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>:void <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#123;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                useChromeColor = true;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                super.initializationComplete<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#125;</span></span>
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<span style="color: #000000;">            override protected function updateDisplayList<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span>unscaledWidth:Number, unscaledHeight:Number<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>:void <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#123;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                if <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span>getStyle<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;borderVisible&quot;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span> == true<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#123;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    border.visible = true;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    background.left = background.top = background.right = background.bottom = <span style="color: #cc66cc;">1</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    contents.left = contents.top = contents.right = contents.bottom = <span style="color: #cc66cc;">1</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#125;</span> else <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#123;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    border.visible = false;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    background.left = background.top = background.right = background.bottom = <span style="color: #cc66cc;">0</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    contents.left = contents.top = contents.right = contents.bottom = <span style="color: #cc66cc;">0</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#125;</span></span>
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<span style="color: #000000;">                dropShadow.visible = getStyle<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;dropShadowVisible&quot;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>;</span>
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<span style="color: #000000;">                var cr:Number = getStyle<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;cornerRadius&quot;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                var withControls:Boolean = <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span>currentState == <span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;disabledWithControlBar&quot;</span> || currentState == <span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;normalWithControlBar&quot;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>;</span>
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<span style="color: #000000;">                if <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span>cornerRadius != cr<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#123;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    cornerRadius = cr;</span>
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<span style="color: #000000;">                    dropShadow.tlRadius = cornerRadius;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    dropShadow.trRadius = cornerRadius;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    dropShadow.blRadius = <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span>withControls<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span> ? cornerRadius : <span style="color: #cc66cc;">0</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    dropShadow.brRadius = <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span>withControls<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span> ? cornerRadius : <span style="color: #cc66cc;">0</span>;</span>
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<span style="color: #000000;">                    setPartCornerRadii<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span>topMaskRect, withControls<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    setPartCornerRadii<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span>border, withControls<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    setPartCornerRadii<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span>background, withControls<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#125;</span></span>
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<span style="color: #000000;">                if <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span>bottomMaskRect<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#123;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    setPartCornerRadii<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span>bottomMaskRect, withControls<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#125;</span></span>
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<span style="color: #000000;">                borderStroke.color = getStyle<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;borderColor&quot;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                borderStroke.alpha = getStyle<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;borderAlpha&quot;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>;</span>
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<span style="color: #000000;">                super.updateDisplayList<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span>unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#125;</span></span>
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<span style="color: #000000;">            private function setPartCornerRadii<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span>target:Rect, includeBottom:Boolean<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>:void <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#123;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                target.topLeftRadiusX = cornerRadius;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                target.topRightRadiusX = cornerRadius;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                target.bottomLeftRadiusX = includeBottom ? cornerRadius : <span style="color: #cc66cc;">0</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                target.bottomRightRadiusX = includeBottom ? cornerRadius : <span style="color: #cc66cc;">0</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#125;</span></span>
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<span style="color: #000000;">            private var cornerRadius:Number;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/fx:Script</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
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    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- drop shadow can't be hittable so it stays sibling of other graphics --&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:RectangularDropShadow</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;dropShadow&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            blurX=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;20&quot;</span> blurY=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;20&quot;</span> alpha=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0.32&quot;</span> distance=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;11&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            angle=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;90&quot;</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;#000000&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
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    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- drop shadow can't be hittable so all other graphics go in this group --&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Group</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
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        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- top group mask --&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Group</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;topGroupMask&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;topMaskRect&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                   left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:SolidColor</span> alpha=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Group</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
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        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- bottom group mask --&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Group</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;bottomGroupMask&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> </span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                includeIn=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;normalWithControlBar, disabledWithControlBar&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;bottomMaskRect&quot;</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:SolidColor</span> alpha=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Group</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
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        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- layer 1: border --&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;border&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:stroke</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:SolidColorStroke</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;borderStroke&quot;</span> weight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:stroke</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
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        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- layer 2: background fill --&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!--- Defines the appearance of the PanelSkin class's background. --&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;background&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:BitmapFill</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;backgroundFill&quot;</span> source=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;@Embed('skins/pattern_149.gif')&quot;</span> fillMode=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;repeat&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- layer 3: contents --&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!--- Contains the vertical stack of titlebar content and controlbar. --&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Group</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;contents&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:layout</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:VerticalLayout</span> gap=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> horizontalAlign=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;justify&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:layout</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Group</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;topGroup&quot;</span> mask=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;{topGroupMask}&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- layer 0: title bar fill --&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;tbFill&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                        left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:LinearGradient</span> rotation=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;90&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:GradientEntry</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0xE2E2E2&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:GradientEntry</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0xD9D9D9&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:LinearGradient</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- layer 1: title bar highlight --&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;tbHilite&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                        left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:stroke</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:LinearGradientStroke</span> rotation=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;90&quot;</span> weight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:GradientEntry</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0xEAEAEA&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:GradientEntry</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0xD9D9D9&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:LinearGradientStroke</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:stroke</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- layer 2: title bar divider --&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;tbDiv&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                        left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> height=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:SolidColor</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0xC0C0C0&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- layer 3: text --&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Label</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;titleDisplay&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                        maxDisplayedLines=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                        left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;9&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;3&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> minHeight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;30&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                        verticalAlign=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;middle&quot;</span> fontWeight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;bold&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Label</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Group</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!--</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            Note: setting the minimum size to 0 here so that changes to the host component's</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            size will not be thwarted by this skin part's minimum size.   This is a compromise,</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            more about it here: http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-21143</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            --&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Group</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;contentGroup&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                    width=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;100%&quot;</span> height=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;100%&quot;</span> minWidth=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> minHeight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Group</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Group</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;bottomGroup&quot;</span> minWidth=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> minHeight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                     includeIn=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;normalWithControlBar, disabledWithControlBar&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Group</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> mask=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;{bottomGroupMask}&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- layer 0: control bar divider line --&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> height=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> alpha=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0.22&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:SolidColor</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0x000000&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- layer 1: control bar highlight --&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:stroke</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:LinearGradientStroke</span> rotation=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;90&quot;</span> weight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:GradientEntry</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0xE5E5E5&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:GradientEntry</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0xD8D8D8&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:LinearGradientStroke</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:stroke</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- layer 2: control bar fill --&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;2&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:LinearGradient</span> rotation=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;90&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:GradientEntry</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0xDADADA&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:GradientEntry</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0xC5C5C5&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:LinearGradient</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Group</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- layer 3: control bar --&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Group</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;controlBarGroup&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                         left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> minWidth=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> minHeight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:layout</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:HorizontalLayout</span> paddingLeft=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;10&quot;</span> paddingRight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;10&quot;</span> paddingTop=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;7&quot;</span> paddingBottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;7&quot;</span> gap=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;10&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:layout</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Group</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Group</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Group</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Group</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:SparkSkin</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span></pre></div></div>

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<p class="alert">This entry is based on a beta version of the Flex 4 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 4 SDK.</p>
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		<title>Setting a repeating background image on a Spark Application in Flex 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter deHaan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>In a previous example, <a href="http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/03/22/setting-a-background-image-on-an-fxapplication-in-flex-gumbo/">&#8220;Setting a background image on an Spark Application in Flex 4&#8243;</a>, we saw how you can add a scaled background image to a Flex 4 Spark Application by creating a custom skin with a BitmapGraphic and setting the skinClass style in MXML, CSS, or ActionScript.</p> <p>The following example shows how [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In a previous example, <a href="http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/03/22/setting-a-background-image-on-an-fxapplication-in-flex-gumbo/">&#8220;Setting a background image on an Spark Application in Flex 4&#8243;</a>, we saw how you can add a scaled background image to a Flex 4 Spark Application by creating a custom skin with a BitmapGraphic and setting the skinClass style in MXML, CSS, or ActionScript.</p>
<p>The following example shows how you can create a tiled background image by creating a custom skin, creating a repeating bitmap fill, and setting the <code>skinClass</code> style.</p>
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<p class="alert">The following example(s) require Flash Player 10 and the Adobe Flex 4 SDK. To download the Adobe Flash Builder 4 trial, see <a href="http://bit.ly/crThlI">http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/</a>. To download the latest nightly build of the Flex 4 SDK, see <a href="http://bit.ly/Flex4SDK">http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Download+Flex+4</a>.<br/><strong>For more information on getting started with Flex 4 and Flash Builder 4, see the official <a href="http://bit.ly/dCkecm">Adobe Flex Team blog</a>.</strong></p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="mxml" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #000000;">&lt;?xml version=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1.0&quot;</span> encoding=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;utf-8&quot;</span>?<span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/03/23/setting-a-repeating-background-image-on-an-fxapplication-in-flex-gumbo/ --&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Application</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;Spark_Application_skinClass_test&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:fx=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:s=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:mx=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        skinClass=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;skins.CustomApplicationSkin&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        controlBarVisible=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;{chckBx.selected}&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:controlBarContent</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Label</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;sdkVer&quot;</span> initialize=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;sdkVer.text = mx_internal::VERSION;&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:controlBarContent</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:CheckBox</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;chckBx&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            label=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;controlBarVisible&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            selected=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;true&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            horizontalCenter=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> verticalCenter=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Application</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span></pre></div></div>

<p>The custom skin class, <em>skins/CustomApplicationSkin.mxml</em>, is as follows:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="mxml" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #000000;">&lt;?xml version=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1.0&quot;</span> encoding=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;utf-8&quot;</span>?<span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/03/23/setting-a-repeating-background-image-on-an-fxapplication-in-flex-gumbo/ --&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Skin</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;CustomApplicationSkin&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:fx=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:s=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:fb=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;http://ns.adobe.com/flashbuilder/2009&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        alpha.disabled=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0.5&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        alpha.disabledWithControlBar=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0.5&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- states --&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:states</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:State</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;normal&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:State</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;disabled&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:State</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;normalWithControlBar&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:State</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;disabledWithControlBar&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:states</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;fx:Metadata</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        [HostComponent(&quot;spark.components.Application&quot;)]
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/fx:Metadata</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span> 
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- fill --&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!--- </span>
<span style="color: #000000;">    A rectangle with a solid color fill that forms the background of the application.</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">    The color of the fill is set to the Application's backgroundColor property.</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">    --&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;backgroundRect&quot;</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span>  <span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:BitmapFill</span> source=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;@Embed('skins/pattern_147.gif')&quot;</span> fillMode=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;repeat&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Group</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:layout</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:VerticalLayout</span> gap=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> horizontalAlign=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;justify&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:layout</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!--- Application Control Bar --&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Group</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;topGroup&quot;</span> minWidth=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> minHeight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                 includeIn=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;normalWithControlBar, disabledWithControlBar&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- layer 0: control bar highlight --&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:stroke</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:LinearGradientStroke</span> rotation=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;90&quot;</span> weight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:GradientEntry</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0xFFFFFF&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:GradientEntry</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0xD8D8D8&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:LinearGradientStroke</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:stroke</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- layer 1: control bar fill --&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;2&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:LinearGradient</span> rotation=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;90&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:GradientEntry</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0xEDEDED&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:GradientEntry</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0xCDCDCD&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:LinearGradient</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- layer 2: control bar divider line --&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Rect</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> height=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> alpha=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0.55&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:SolidColor</span> color=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0x000000&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:fill</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Rect</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- layer 3: control bar --&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Group</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;controlBarGroup&quot;</span> left=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> right=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> top=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> bottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1&quot;</span> minWidth=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> minHeight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:layout</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
                    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:HorizontalLayout</span> paddingLeft=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;10&quot;</span> paddingRight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;10&quot;</span> paddingTop=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;7&quot;</span> paddingBottom=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;7&quot;</span> gap=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;10&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
                <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:layout</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
            <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Group</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Group</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Group</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;contentGroup&quot;</span> width=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;100%&quot;</span> height=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;100%&quot;</span> minWidth=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> minHeight=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Group</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Skin</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span></pre></div></div>

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<p class="information"><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4509565/FlexExamples_com/Spark_Application_skinClass_test/srcview/index.html">View source</a> is enabled in the following example.</p>
<p><iframe src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4509565/FlexExamples_com/Spark_Application_skinClass_test/main.html" width="100%" height="150"></iframe></p>
<p class="alert">Background image pattern copyright of <a href="http://squidfingers.com/patterns/">Squidfingers.com</a>.</p>
<p>You can also set the <code>skinClass</code> style in an external .CSS file or &lt;Style/&gt; block, as seen in the following example:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="mxml" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #000000;">&lt;?xml version=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1.0&quot;</span> encoding=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;utf-8&quot;</span>?<span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/03/23/setting-a-repeating-background-image-on-an-fxapplication-in-flex-gumbo/ --&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Application</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;Spark_Application_skinClass_test&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:fx=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:s=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:mx=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;fx:Style</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        @namespace s &quot;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark&quot;;
        @namespace mx &quot;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx&quot;;
&nbsp;
        s|Application {
            skinClass: ClassReference(&quot;skins.CustomApplicationSkin&quot;);
        }
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/fx:Style</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Label</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;sdkVer&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            horizontalCenter=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> verticalCenter=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            initialize=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;sdkVer.text = mx_internal::VERSION;&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Application</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span></pre></div></div>

<p>Or, you can set the <code>skinClass</code> style using ActionScript, as seen in the following example:</p>

<div class="wp_syntax"><div class="code"><pre class="mxml" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #000000;">&lt;?xml version=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1.0&quot;</span> encoding=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;utf-8&quot;</span>?<span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #808080; font-style: italic;">&lt;!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/03/23/setting-a-repeating-background-image-on-an-fxapplication-in-flex-gumbo/ --&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Application</span> name=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;Spark_Application_skinClass_test&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:fx=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:s=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        xmlns:mx=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx&quot;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:controlBarContent</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Button</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;btn&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                label=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;Click to set application skin&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                click=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;btn_clickHandler(event);&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:controlBarContent</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;fx:Script</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #000000;">&lt;!<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#91;</span>CDATA<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#91;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            import mx.core.FlexGlobals;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            import skins.CustomApplicationSkin;</span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000000;">            protected function btn_clickHandler<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span>evt:MouseEvent<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>:void <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#123;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">                FlexGlobals.topLevelApplication.setStyle<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;skinClass&quot;</span>, CustomApplicationSkin<span style="color: #66cc66;">&#41;</span>;</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#125;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">        <span style="color: #66cc66;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/fx:Script</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
    <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;s:Label</span> id=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;sdkVer&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            horizontalCenter=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span> verticalCenter=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;0&quot;</span></span>
<span style="color: #000000;">            initialize=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;sdkVer.text = mx_internal::VERSION;&quot;</span> <span style="color: #7400FF;">/&gt;</span></span>
&nbsp;
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #7400FF;">&lt;/s:Application</span><span style="color: #7400FF;">&gt;</span></span></pre></div></div>

<p class="alert">This entry is based on a beta version of the Flex 4 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 4 SDK.</p>
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		<title>Repeating the background fill on a BitmapFill in Flex Gumbo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Peter deHaan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gumbo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[repeat]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The following example shows how you can control the tiling of a bitmap fill on a Flex Gumbo Rect object by setting the Boolean repeat property on the BitmapFill object.</p> <p>Full code after the jump.</p> <p></p> <p class="download"><a href="">View MXML</a></p> &#60;?xml version=&#34;1.0&#34; encoding=&#34;utf-8&#34;?&#62; &#60;!-- --&#62; &#60;Application name=&#34;BitmapFill_repeat_test&#34; xmlns=&#34;http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009&#34; layout=&#34;vertical&#34; verticalAlign=&#34;middle&#34; backgroundColor=&#34;white&#34;&#62; &#60;ApplicationControlBar dock=&#34;true&#34;&#62; &#60;Form styleName=&#34;plain&#34;&#62; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The following example shows how you can control the tiling of a bitmap fill on a Flex Gumbo Rect object by setting the Boolean <code>repeat</code> property on the BitmapFill object.</p>
<p>Full code after the jump.</p>
<p><span id="more-892"></span></p>
<p class="download"><a href="">View MXML</a></p>
<pre class="code">
&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;utf-8&quot;?&gt;
&lt;!--  --&gt;
&lt;Application name=&quot;BitmapFill_repeat_test&quot;
        xmlns=&quot;http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009&quot;
        layout=&quot;vertical&quot;
        verticalAlign=&quot;middle&quot;
        backgroundColor=&quot;white&quot;&gt;

    &lt;ApplicationControlBar dock=&quot;true&quot;&gt;
        &lt;Form styleName=&quot;plain&quot;&gt;
            &lt;FormItem label=&quot;repeat:&quot;&gt;
                &lt;CheckBox id=&quot;checkBox&quot; selected=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;
            &lt;/FormItem&gt;
            &lt;FormItem label=&quot;width:&quot;&gt;
                &lt;HSlider id=&quot;widthSlider&quot;
                        minimum=&quot;100&quot;
                        maximum=&quot;300&quot;
                        value=&quot;300&quot;
                        snapInterval=&quot;1&quot;
                        tickInterval=&quot;50&quot;
                        liveDragging=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;
            &lt;/FormItem&gt;
            &lt;FormItem label=&quot;height:&quot;&gt;
                &lt;HSlider id=&quot;heightSlider&quot;
                        minimum=&quot;100&quot;
                        maximum=&quot;300&quot;
                        value=&quot;200&quot;
                        snapInterval=&quot;1&quot;
                        tickInterval=&quot;50&quot;
                        liveDragging=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;
            &lt;/FormItem&gt;
        &lt;/Form&gt;
    &lt;/ApplicationControlBar&gt;

    &lt;Graphic&gt;
        &lt;Rect id=&quot;rect&quot;
                width=&quot;{widthSlider.value}&quot;
                height=&quot;{heightSlider.value}&quot;&gt;
            &lt;fill&gt;
                &lt;BitmapFill id=&quot;bitmapFill&quot;
                        repeat=&quot;{checkBox.selected}&quot;
                        source=&quot;@Embed('assets/fx_appicon-tn.gif')&quot; /&gt;
            &lt;/fill&gt;
        &lt;/Rect&gt;
    &lt;/Graphic&gt;

&lt;/Application&gt;
</pre>
<p>Due to popular demand, here is the &#8220;same&#8221; example in a more ActionScript friendly format:</p>
<p class="download"><a href="">View MXML</a></p>
<pre class="code">
&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;utf-8&quot;?&gt;
&lt;!--  --&gt;
&lt;Application name=&quot;BitmapFill_repeat_test&quot;
        xmlns=&quot;http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009&quot;
        layout=&quot;vertical&quot;
        verticalAlign=&quot;middle&quot;
        backgroundColor=&quot;white&quot;
        initialize=&quot;init();&quot;&gt;

    &lt;Script&gt;
        &lt;![CDATA[
            import mx.containers.ApplicationControlBar;
            import mx.containers.Form;
            import mx.containers.FormItem;
            import mx.controls.CheckBox;
            import mx.controls.HSlider;
            import mx.events.SliderEvent;
            import mx.graphics.BitmapFill;
            import mx.graphics.Graphic;
            import mx.graphics.Rect;

            [Embed(&quot;assets/fx_appicon-tn.gif&quot;)]
            private const FlexIcon:Class;

            private var checkBox:CheckBox;
            private var widthSlider:HSlider;
            private var heightSlider:HSlider;
            private var rect:Rect;
            private var bitmapFill:BitmapFill;

            private function init():void {
                checkBox = new CheckBox();
                checkBox.selected = true;
                checkBox.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, checkBox_change);

                widthSlider = new HSlider();
                widthSlider.minimum = 100;
                widthSlider.maximum = 300;
                widthSlider.value = 300;
                widthSlider.snapInterval = 1;
                widthSlider.tickInterval = 50;
                widthSlider.liveDragging = true;
                widthSlider.addEventListener(SliderEvent.CHANGE, widthSlider_change);

                heightSlider = new HSlider();
                heightSlider.minimum = 100;
                heightSlider.maximum = 300;
                heightSlider.value = 300;
                heightSlider.snapInterval = 1;
                heightSlider.tickInterval = 50;
                heightSlider.liveDragging = true;
                heightSlider.addEventListener(SliderEvent.CHANGE, heightSlider_change);

                var formItem1:FormItem = new FormItem();
                formItem1.label = &quot;repeat:&quot;;
                formItem1.addChild(checkBox);

                var formItem2:FormItem = new FormItem();
                formItem2.label = &quot;width:&quot;;
                formItem2.addChild(widthSlider);

                var formItem3:FormItem = new FormItem();
                formItem3.label = &quot;height:&quot;;
                formItem3.addChild(heightSlider);

                var form:Form = new Form();
                form.styleName = &quot;plain&quot;;
                form.addChild(formItem1);
                form.addChild(formItem2);
                form.addChild(formItem3);

                var appControlBar:ApplicationControlBar = new ApplicationControlBar();
                appControlBar.dock = true;
                appControlBar.addChild(form);
                addChildAt(appControlBar, 0);

                bitmapFill = new BitmapFill();
                bitmapFill.repeat = checkBox.selected;
                bitmapFill.source = FlexIcon;

                rect = new Rect();
                rect.width = 300;
                rect.height = 300;
                rect.fill = bitmapFill;

                var graphic:Graphic = new Graphic();
                graphic.addItem(rect);
                addChild(graphic);
            }

            private function checkBox_change(evt:Event):void {
                bitmapFill.repeat = checkBox.selected;
            }

            private function widthSlider_change(evt:SliderEvent):void {
                rect.width = evt.value;
            }

            private function heightSlider_change(evt:SliderEvent):void {
                rect.height = evt.value;
            }
        ]]&gt;
    &lt;/Script&gt;

&lt;/Application&gt;
</pre>
<p class="alert">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.</p>
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		<title>Setting a bitmap fill on a shape in Flex Gumbo</title>
		<link>http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/12/07/setting-a-bitmap-fill-on-a-shape-in-flex-gumbo/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/12/07/setting-a-bitmap-fill-on-a-shape-in-flex-gumbo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter deHaan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[beta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BitmapFill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FXG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gumbo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[source]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/12/07/setting-a-bitmap-fill-on-a-shape-in-flex-gumbo/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>The following example shows how you can set a bitmap fill on an Flex Gumbo Ellipse object by setting the source property on the BitmapFill object.</p> <p>Full code after the jump.</p> <p></p> <p class="alert">To use the following code, you must have Flash Player 10 and a Flex Gumbo SDK installed in your Flex Builder 3. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The following example shows how you can set a bitmap fill on an Flex Gumbo Ellipse object by setting the <code>source</code> property on the BitmapFill object.</p>
<p>Full code after the jump.</p>
<p><span id="more-891"></span></p>
<p class="alert">To use the following code, you must have Flash Player 10 and a Flex Gumbo SDK installed in your Flex Builder 3. For more information on downloading and installing the Gumbo SDK into Flex Builder 3, see <a href="http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/08/02/using-the-beta-gumbo-sdk-in-flex-builder-3/">&#8220;Using the beta Gumbo SDK in Flex Builder 3&#8243;</a>.</p>
<p class="download"><a href="http://blog.flexexamples.com/wp-content/uploads/BitmapFill_source_test/bin/srcview/source/main_4235.mxml.html">View MXML</a></p>
<pre class="code">
&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
&lt;!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/12/07/setting-a-bitmap-fill-on-a-shape-in-flex-gumbo/ --&gt;
&lt;Application name="BitmapFill_source_test"
        xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white"&gt;

    &lt;ApplicationControlBar dock="true"&gt;
        &lt;Form styleName="plain"&gt;
            &lt;FormItem label="width:"&gt;
                &lt;HSlider id="widthSlider"
                        minimum="100"
                        maximum="300"
                        value="300"
                        snapInterval="1"
                        tickInterval="50"
                        liveDragging="true" /&gt;
            &lt;/FormItem&gt;
            &lt;FormItem label="height:"&gt;
                &lt;HSlider id="heightSlider"
                        minimum="100"
                        maximum="300"
                        value="200"
                        snapInterval="1"
                        tickInterval="50"
                        liveDragging="true" /&gt;
            &lt;/FormItem&gt;
        &lt;/Form&gt;
    &lt;/ApplicationControlBar&gt;

    &lt;Graphic&gt;
        &lt;Ellipse id="ellipse"
                width="{widthSlider.value}"
                height="{heightSlider.value}"&gt;
            &lt;fill&gt;
                &lt;BitmapFill id="bitmapFill"
                        source="@Embed('assets/fx_appicon-tn.gif')" /&gt;
            &lt;/fill&gt;
        &lt;/Ellipse&gt;
    &lt;/Graphic&gt;

&lt;/Application&gt;
</pre>
<p class="information"><a href="http://blog.flexexamples.com/wp-content/uploads/BitmapFill_source_test/bin/srcview/index.html">View source</a> is enabled in the following example.</p>
<p><iframe src="http://blog.flexexamples.com/wp-content/uploads/BitmapFill_source_test/bin/main_4235.html" width="100%" height="450"></iframe></p>
<p>You can also embed the asset using ActionScript and set the BitmapFill source using data binding, as seen in the following example:</p>
<p class="download"><a href="http://blog.flexexamples.com/wp-content/uploads/BitmapFill_source_test/bin/srcview/source/main2_4235.mxml.html">View MXML</a></p>
<pre class="code">
&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
&lt;!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/12/07/setting-a-bitmap-fill-on-a-shape-in-flex-gumbo/ --&gt;
&lt;Application name="BitmapFill_source_test"
        xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white"&gt;

    &lt;Script&gt;
        &lt;![CDATA[
            [Embed("assets/fx_appicon-tn.gif")]
            private const FlexIcon:Class;
        ]]&gt;
    &lt;/Script&gt;

    &lt;ApplicationControlBar dock="true"&gt;
        &lt;Form styleName="plain"&gt;
            &lt;FormItem label="width:"&gt;
                &lt;HSlider id="widthSlider"
                        minimum="100"
                        maximum="300"
                        value="300"
                        snapInterval="1"
                        tickInterval="50"
                        liveDragging="true" /&gt;
            &lt;/FormItem&gt;
            &lt;FormItem label="height:"&gt;
                &lt;HSlider id="heightSlider"
                        minimum="100"
                        maximum="300"
                        value="200"
                        snapInterval="1"
                        tickInterval="50"
                        liveDragging="true" /&gt;
            &lt;/FormItem&gt;
        &lt;/Form&gt;
    &lt;/ApplicationControlBar&gt;

    &lt;Graphic&gt;
        &lt;Ellipse id="ellipse"
                width="{widthSlider.value}"
                height="{heightSlider.value}"&gt;
            &lt;fill&gt;
                &lt;BitmapFill id="bitmapFill"
                        source="{FlexIcon}" /&gt;
            &lt;/fill&gt;
        &lt;/Ellipse&gt;
    &lt;/Graphic&gt;

&lt;/Application&gt;
</pre>
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