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Importing a text flow from an XML object in Flex 4

Flex Admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:59:35 +0000

The following example shows how you can import a TextFlow object from an XML object in Flex 4 by using the static TextFlowUtil.importFromXML() method.
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Displaying icons in a Spark List control in Flex 4

Flex Admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:08:38 +0000

The following example shows how you can display icons in a Spark List control in Flex 4 by creating a custom item renderer.
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Setting the base theme color on the Spark DropDownList control in Flex 4

Flex Admin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:59:29 +0000

The following example shows how you can set the base theme color on a Spark DropDownList control in Flex 4 by setting the baseColor style.
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Setting the symbol color on the Spark DropDownList control in Flex 4

Flex Admin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:59:22 +0000

The following example shows how you can set the symbol color on a Spark DropDownList control in Flex 4 by setting the symbolColor style.
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Creating a custom Halo Accordion header skin in Flex 4

Flex Admin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:59:12 +0000

The following example shows how you can style the Halo Accordion header (with default Spark skin) in Flex 4 by creating a new skin based on the default Spark skin and modifying the various skin parts.
The default Halo Accordion header Spark skin can be found at \frameworks\projects\sparkskins\src\mx\skins\spark\AccordionHeaderSkin.mxml.
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Setting the corner radius on the Halo Alert control in Flex 4

Flex Admin — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:59:38 +0000

The following example shows how you can set the corner radius on the Halo TextArea control (with default Spark skin) in Flex 4 by creating a custom skin and setting the radiusX and radiusY properties on the Rect objects (in Flex 3 and earlier this was done by setting the cornerRadius style directly).
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Setting the viewport inset on a Spark Scroller control in Flex 4

Flex Admin — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:47:44 +0000

The following example shows how you can set the viewport inset on a Spark Scroller control in Flex 4 by setting the minViewportInset property.
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Add effects to items (images, components) when they load

Flex Admin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:12:23 +0000

I need a simple way to animate my components, or images as they are loaded without adding a bunch of code to control the animations.

Display a Twitter feed

Flex Admin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:12:23 +0000

I want a quick and dirty way to display a Twitter feed in my application.

MXML Support for collection class Vector

Flex Admin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:12:23 +0000

I want to put a fixed number of instances in a MXML Gumbo component.