Category Archives: Flex

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Flex library of code snippets in MXML

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Judah

I’ve been working on a way to program software using a simple instructions instead of writing code. In that journey I found Flex MXML is helping to solve that problem. I’ll give you an example. Let’s say you want to … Continue reading →

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MiniInspector utility for Flex

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Judah

Working on a huge project it can be hard to find and work with components and elements. Mini Inspector is a utility that allows you to click on the element at runtime and get information about it. It can also … Continue reading →

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How to add OSX / minimalist scrollbars

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Judah

If you use a Mac and OSX Lion you’ll notice the scroll bars have changed to a simple line or track similar to what Flash sites have been using. You can get the same look and feel in your Flex … Continue reading →

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How to declare a component or skin inline

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Judah

I’ve wanted to know how to do this for a while and I couldn’t get it to work until now. Here’s how how to set the skin class to the skin declared in the declarations. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <s:SkinnableContainer xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" … Continue reading →

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Understanding FXG with a vector based button example

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Judah

This post will show the FXG code generated from Illustrator of creating a button with vector based artwork from start to finish. For this post we’ll be creating a circular button with a transparent gradient on top. You will see … Continue reading →

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