From the category archives:

States

The following example shows how you can toggle specific strings based on the Flex Gumbo application’s current state by using the includeIn and excludeFrom attributes on the String object.

For more information see “Exploring the new states syntax in Flex Gumbo” and the “Enhanced States Syntax – Functional and Design Specification” page at opensource.adobe.com.

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The following examples show the new enhanced state syntax in the beta Flex Gumbo SDK. For more information and examples on the new state syntax, see the spec at http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Enhanced+States+Syntax.

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The following example shows how you can create different view states in a Flex application by using the <mx:states /> and <mx:State /> tags.

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In a previous post, “Toggling a Flex container’s visibility”, we looked at toggling a VBox container’s visibility by setting both the visible property and includeInLayout property. While the approach felt a little crude, we can build the same thing using the much more powerful view states. What are view states and how do we use them? Well, if you’re new to states, this should clear everything up: “Adobe – Flex Quick Start Basics: Creating States”.

Now, with that out of the way, lets look at some code and a basic example.

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