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Talking about: Flex Gumbo – new features
After seeing Andrew Shorten’s presentation on Flex 4 (Gumbo) and Flash Catalyst at #FlashMidlands this weekend, I thought it would be a good time to post a few Flex 4 links and a few thoughts. Flex 4...
View ArticleLink: Creating a snazzy background in Flex 4
Peter deHaan has posted a cool example of the way things work in the new Flex 4 ‘Spark’ framework;...
View ArticleLink: Comparing files in Flex Builder
Useful link I’ve come across today – http://undefined-type.com/2008/07/flex-builder-built-in-compare-tools/ – how to use the built-in Flex Builder / Eclipse compare tools.
View ArticleGetting FTP access in Flex Builder…
Little nugget of discovery for today; If like me, you hate having to open a separate FTP program to upload projects to a remote server you can install an FTP plugin for Eclipse, aka Flex Builder. It’s...
View ArticleEmbossed / Shadowed text in Flex
If you get it right, drop shadow effects can really improve the appearance and clarity of text. Mark sent me the starting code for this a little gem a while ago, but I’ve extended it to support Flexs’...
View ArticleLink: Form Validation in Flex
This sounds like a cool AS3/Flex library to try out for the next time you need to validate forms and data in Flex. It’s an AS3 port of a Java library, supposedly geared towards unit testing, but also...
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Automating tasks in Flex Builder, with the help of a little something called...
One of the great things about Flex Builder is that it’s developed on top of the already existing Eclipse IDE, and is itself just one of many uses the Eclipse project is put to. Which means that many...
View ArticleLink: Advanced PDF eSeminar for ActionScript developers
“In short, you can build a GUI in Flex to skin the PDF and how the user can access the document contents. The PDF can contain images, text docs, or any Flex/Flash content (such as a video player or...
View ArticleLink: Flex AutoComplete component
If you’re ever looking for an autocompletion component in the Flex framework, I’d strongly suggest you check this one out: http://hillelcoren.com/flex-autocomplete/ Quite simply it’s awesome, it’s...
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Fixed: mx.accessibility:LabelAccImpl could not be found.
This came up while converting a Flex 3 AIR project to a Flex 4 AIR project. Luckily, the solution is all in the publish settings. Uncheck the box which says ‘Generate accessible SWF file’ and the...
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