DescribeType() | Flex Examples

Inspecting the properties in a class using the describeType() method and E4X/XML

By Peter deHaan On September 19, 2008 · 2 Comments

The following example shows how you can use the describeType() method to inspect a class’s accessor methods.

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Creating a custom label function on a Flex ButtonBar control

By Peter deHaan On January 9, 2008 · 2 Comments

The following example shows how you can use a custom label function to create button labels on a ButtonBar control in Flex by setting the labelFunction property.

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Debugging Flex applications using the describeType() method and the ObjectUtil class

By Peter deHaan On December 9, 2007 · 6 Comments

The following example shows how you can debug your Flex applications using the describeType() method (in the flash.utils package), as well as the static ObjectUtil.toString() method to display information about objects in Flex.

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Sorting and filtering data in an XMLListCollection

By Peter deHaan On August 22, 2007 · 7 Comments

The following code is a brief example of sorting a Flex XMLListCollection using the Sort and SortField classes, and the XMLListCollection.sort property. We also look at filtering the XMLCollection using a custom filter function.

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