Flex Examples » load config http://blog.flexexamples.com Just a bunch of Adobe Flex Examples Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:09:51 +0000 en hourly 1 Embedding local system fonts in Flex 4 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2010/01/21/embedding-local-system-fonts-in-flex-4/ http://blog.flexexamples.com/2010/01/21/embedding-local-system-fonts-in-flex-4/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:48:44 +0000 Peter deHaan http://blog.flexexamples.com/?p=2311 In a previous example, “Embedding fonts by name instead of location”, we saw how you could embed a font in Flex by specifying the font name instead of a location by using the local() function instead of the src() function when embedding a font.

The following example shows how you can load a system [...]]]> In a previous example, “Embedding fonts by name instead of location”, we saw how you could embed a font in Flex by specifying the font name instead of a location by using the local() function instead of the src() function when embedding a font.

The following example shows how you can load a system font in Flex 4 by specifying a custom Flex configuration file and specifying a local font path.

Full code after the jump.

The following example(s) require Flash Player 10 and the Adobe Flex 4 SDK. To download the Adobe Flash Builder 4 trial, see http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/. To download the latest nightly build of the Flex 4 SDK, see http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Download+Flex+4.
For more information on getting started with Flex 4 and Flash Builder 4, see the official Adobe Flex Team blog.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2010/01/21/embedding-local-system-fonts-in-flex-4/ -->
<s:Application name="Spark_fontFace_local_test"
               xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
               xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark">
 
    <!-- -load-config+=local-font-config.xml -->
 
    <fx:Style>
        @namespace s "library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark";
 
        @font-face {
            src: local("Arial");
            fontFamily: "MyFont";
            unicodeRange: U+0020-00FF;
        }
 
        s|Label {
            fontFamily: "MyFont";
            fontSize: 44;
        }
    </fx:Style>
 
    <s:Label id="myLabel"
            text="Hello World"
            rotation="15"
            horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0" />
 
</s:Application>

Next we need to create a custom Flex config file (in this case local-font-config.xml, and save this file in your project’s /src/ folder) and specify a local font path, as seen in the following example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<flex-config>
    <compiler>
        <fonts>
            <local-font-paths>
                <path-element>C:/Temp/fonts</path-element>
                <!--<path-element>/System/Library/Fonts/</path-element>-->
            </local-font-paths>
        </fonts>
    </compiler>
</flex-config>

In the previous config file, you specify a folder where the Flex compiler should look for “local” fonts. In this case I have a C:\Temp\fonts\ folder which has a series of subdirectories containing .TTF and .OTF fonts.

Finally, you need to specify the custom config file in Flash Builder’s project properties dialog box (for more information, see “Using a custom flex-config.xml file in Flex Builder 3″).

  1. Select Project > Properties from Flex Builder’s main menu.
  2. Select “Flex Compiler” from the left hand menu.
  3. In the Additional compiler arguments text field add the following argument: -load-config+=local-font-config.xml

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.

 
]]> http://blog.flexexamples.com/2010/01/21/embedding-local-system-fonts-in-flex-4/feed/ 4 Using a custom flex-config.xml file in Flex Builder 3 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/12/21/using-a-custom-flex-configxml-file-in-flex-builder-3/ http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/12/21/using-a-custom-flex-configxml-file-in-flex-builder-3/#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:19:49 +0000 Peter deHaan http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/12/21/using-a-custom-flex-configxml-file-in-flex-builder-3/ The following example shows how you can use a custom configuration file in a Flex Builder Flex project by specifying an additional compiler argument, -load-config.

Full code after the jump.

View MXML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/12/21/using-a-custom-flex-configxml-file-in-flex-builder-3/ --> <mx:Application name="LoadConfig_fonts_test" xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="vertical" verticalAlign="middle" backgroundColor="white"> <mx:Style> @font-face { src: url("assets/ARIAL.TTF"); fontFamily: "ArialEmbedded"; unicodeRange: [...]]]> The following example shows how you can use a custom configuration file in a Flex Builder Flex project by specifying an additional compiler argument, -load-config.

Full code after the jump.

View MXML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/12/21/using-a-custom-flex-configxml-file-in-flex-builder-3/ -->
<mx:Application name="LoadConfig_fonts_test"
        xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Style>
        @font-face {
            src: url("assets/ARIAL.TTF");
            fontFamily: "ArialEmbedded";
            unicodeRange: "englishRange";
        }

        Text {
            fontFamily: "ArialEmbedded";
            fontSize: 32;
            color: red;
        }
    </mx:Style>

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Form styleName="plain">
            <mx:FormItem label="alpha:">
                <mx:HSlider id="slider"
                        minimum="0.0"
                        maximum="1.0"
                        value="1.0"
                        snapInterval="0.05"
                        tickInterval="0.1"
                        liveDragging="true" />
            </mx:FormItem>
        </mx:Form>
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

    <mx:Text id="txt" width="300" alpha="{slider.value}">
        <mx:text>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. 1234567890 ©</mx:text>
    </mx:Text>

</mx:Application>

Next, create a custom configuration XML file named fontConfig.xml and save it in a /config/ subdirectory in your project’s /src/ directory. The folder structure isn’t important, but it helps keep the source code and configuration files separated. The fontConfig.xml file is a modified version of the flex-config.xml file found in the Flex SDK’s /frameworks/ directory. In this example we simply specify a single named font range which specifies a unicode range of U+0020 (space) to U+007E (~).

config/fontConfig.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<flex-config>
   <compiler>
      <fonts>
          <!-- Defines ranges that can be used across multiple font-face declarations. -->
          <!-- See flash-unicode-table.xml for more examples. -->
          <languages>
              <language-range>
                  <lang>englishRange</lang>
                  <range>U+0020-U+007E</range>
              </language-range>
          </languages>
      </fonts>
   </compiler>
</flex-config>

Finally, in Flex Builder, right click on the Flex Project folder in the Flex Navigator and select Properties from the context menu. Select the Flex Compiler section of the dialog menu and in the Additional compiler arguments: text box add the following text:

-load-config+=config/fontConfig.xml


Figure 1. Additional compiler arguments.

View source is enabled in the following example.

 
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