Setting a custom broken image icon for the Spark Image control in Flex Hero

By On October 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment

In a previous example, “Setting a custom broken image skin for the Image control in Flex”, we saw how you could set a custom broken image skin for the Flex Image control by setting the brokenImageSkin style.

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Setting explicit columns on a Spark DataGrid control in Flex Hero

By On October 24, 2010 · 2 Comments

The following example shows how you can set explicit columns on a Spark DataGrid control in Flex Hero by setting the columns property to an IList implementation (for example ArrayCollection or ArrayList).

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Dispatching custom events from a custom component in Flex 4

By On October 24, 2010 · 4 Comments

The following example shows how you can declare custom events in an MXML or ActionScript component in Flex 4 by specifying the [Event] metadata.

 

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Setting a rich text label on a Spark Button control in Flex 4

By On October 22, 2010 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can set a rich, multi-format text label on a Spark Button control by subclassing the Spark Button control and creating a custom Button skin which uses a RichText label display skin part.

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Creating complex data provider objects in MXML using Flex 4

By On October 20, 2010 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can create a complex MX DataGrid data provider with nested objects in MXML using the <fx:Object> tag.

 

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Creating a custom skin on the Spark TabBar control in Flex 4

By On October 10, 2010 · 3 Comments

The following example shows how you can create a custom RadioButton based skin on the Spark TabBar control in Flex 4 by setting the skinClass style.

 

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Displaying an FXG file in a Spark BitmapImage control in Flex 4

By On October 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can display an FXG file in a Spark BitmapImage control in Flex 4 by setting the source property using data binding or MXML.

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Setting the tab width on a Spark TabBar control in Flex 4

By On September 29, 2010 · 4 Comments

In a previous example, “Setting the tab width on a TabBar control in Flex”, we saw how you could set the tab width on an MX TabBar control in Flex by setting the aptly named tabWidth style.

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Removing the selected highlight from the Spark ButtonBar control in Flex 4 (redux)

By On September 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment

In a previous example, “Removing the selected highlight from the Spark ButtonBar control in Flex 4″, we saw how you can remove the selected highlight from the Spark ButtonBar control in Flex 4 by creating a custom ButtonBar and ButtonBarButton skin class.

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Styling the text selection format on a Spark TextArea control in Flex 4

By On September 5, 2010 · 2 Comments

The following example shows how you can style the text selection format on a Spark TextArea control in Flex 4 by setting the focusedSelectionFormat property on the TextFlow’s interactionManager to a new SelectionFormat object.

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Setting the scale mode on a Spark Image control in Flex Hero

By On September 4, 2010 · 2 Comments

In a previous example, “Setting the fill mode on a Spark Image control in Flex Hero”, we saw how you could set the fill mode on a Spark Image control in Flex Hero by setting the fillMode property to one of the static constants in the mx.graphics.BitmapFillMode class.

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Setting the fill mode on a Spark Image control in Flex Hero

By On September 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can set the fill mode on a Spark Image control in Flex Hero by setting the fillMode property to one of the static constants in the mx.graphics.BitmapFillMode class.

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