Hiding the text field on an MX DateField control in Flex 3

By On March 28, 2010 · 4 Comments

The following example shows how you can hide the text input field on the MX DateField control in Flex 3 by setting the Boolean visible and includeInLayout properties on the internal text field (using the getTextField() method in the mx_internal namespace).

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Filtering an MX DataGrid control by date range using Flex

By On February 1, 2010 · 19 Comments

The following example shows how you can filter an MX DataGrid control in Flex using two MX DateField control’s and filtering the ArrayCollection data provider.

 

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Setting a custom format string on a DateField control in Flex

By On July 23, 2008 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can set a custom format string on a Flex DateField control by setting the formatString property using MXML and ActionScript.

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Setting the border color on a DateField control in Flex

By On June 12, 2008 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can set the border color on a Flex DateField control by setting the borderColor style using MXML, CSS, and ActionScript.

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Determining when the DateField control is opened or closed in Flex

By On April 30, 2008 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can determine when the Flex DateField control’s is opened or closed by listening for the open or close events.

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Aligning the selected date in a DateField control in Flex

By On April 28, 2008 · 1 Comment

The following example shows you how you can align the selected date in the Flex DateField control’s text field by setting the textAlign style.

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Changing the default calendar icon in a Flex DateField control

By On December 28, 2007 · 14 Comments

The following example shows how you can change the default calendar icon that appears in a DateField control in Flex by setting the skin style.

 

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Removing the drop shadow from the DateField control in Flex

By On December 23, 2007 · 2 Comments

The following example shows how you can remove the default drop shadow from the nested DateChooser control in a Flex DateField control by setting the dropShadowEnabled style.

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Customizing the current date in a Flex DateField control

By On December 22, 2007 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can customize the current date in a DateField control in Flex by setting a custom skin behind the current date using the todayIndicatorSkin style, as well as setting the todayStyleName style to set various text formats, such as text color and font weight.

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Setting the first day of the week in a Flex DateField control’s calendar

By On December 20, 2007 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can set the firstDayOfWeek property on the Flex DateField control to control whether the pop-up calendar starts on a Sunday (default) or a different day of the week.

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Customizing the current date in the Flex DateField control

By On December 19, 2007 · 9 Comments

In an earlier example, “Changing the current date’s background color in the Flex DateField control”, we saw how you can customize the background color of the current date, assuming that the showToday property is true. In the following example, we see how you can change the font color, style, and weight of the current [...]

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Changing the background color of the nested calendar in a Flex DateField control

By On December 18, 2007 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can change the background color and text color of the DateField control’s nested DateChooser component.

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