Category Archives: Tips

UI Graphic tips in Flex

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Judah

This example shows how to create text inner shadow, text and display object border, beveled text with border, lines with inner shadow and frames with inner shadow. This example includes a BorderStrokeFilter and TextShadowFilter classes and skinnable container FrameSkin skin. … Continue reading →

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Using StageWebView within a UIComponent in Mobile

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Judah

StageWebView is the name given to the class that displays the native browser of a mobile device in your mobile app. Since it’s not actually native to AIR it floats above your app. This is a nice gift from the … Continue reading →

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Getting the Video Player to work with Audio

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Judah

As you know, the Video Player in Flex 4 is capable of playing various types of media including audio. However there are a few issues that will wreck havoc on your progress if you’re not aware of them. There are … Continue reading →

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Converting XML to object tip

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Judah

When you are retrieving XML from the server and you ask Flex to convert it to an Object, by setting the resultFormat to “object”, Flex provides you with an object proxy representing the original XML. However, when Flex encounters a … Continue reading →

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How to add scrollbars to your Flex 4 Spark Application

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Judah

There’s a couple places online that describe how to add scrollbars to your Spark application by using a custom Skin. There’s a lot of work to do that. Instead create a group or component (better) around your content and wrap … Continue reading →

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