What is Flex? 11 Mar 2010 | 11:31 pm

Flex is a convoluted term for sure. As the history of the product has evolved it has been a j2ee server, an as framework, a compiler and and IDE among other things. In todays day and age we are at a ...

Tutorial On Flex 3 11 Mar 2010 | 11:25 pm

Taking Things Further: ActionScript 3.0 While MXML defines the structure of your Flex application, ActionScript 3.0 defines your application's behaviour. Now, you may be thinking, "Hang on. If I can...

Flex 3 Tutorials 11 Mar 2010 | 11:24 pm

With Web users expecting richer and more complex interfaces, Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) are seeing a huge increase in popularity. Adobe Flex is the tool of choice for many web developers when i...

Why Use Flex? 11 Mar 2010 | 11:21 pm

What is Flex 4 2 Sep 2009 | 03:34 pm

For the latest information on the next major release of Flex SDK and Flash Builder 4(codenamed “Gumbo”), check out the Flex 4 page on the Adobe Open Source site: http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/displ...

Setting tab stops on RichText control in Flex 4 2 Sep 2009 | 03:31 pm

You can also set tabs in a RichText control by setting the text property and using \t, as seen in the following example: Due to popular demand, here is the “same” example in a more ActionScript frien...

Creating full-screen Flex applications 2 Sep 2009 | 03:27 pm

Full-Screen Mode in Flex. I’ve seen this appear a few times in the bugbase and on lists, but here is some simple code to let you toggle between “full screen mode” and “normal mode” in a Flex applicati...

Adobe Flex 4 SDK 26 Aug 2009 | 06:46 am

Welcome to the Adobe Flex® 4 SDK beta release on Adobe Labs (previously code named Gumbo). This release marks an expanded role for the Flex framework, now supporting both developers creating Flex appl...

Creating an animated base color effect on a Spark Button control in Flex 4 26 Aug 2009 | 06:44 am

The following example shows how you can create an animating background effect on a Spark Button control in Flex 4 by using the AnimateColor effect on the baseColor style. Full code after the jump. V...

Flex FORMATTING DATA GRID ROWS AND HEADERS 26 Aug 2009 | 06:43 am

When developing applications with the DataGrid component, you may want to use a custom font so the data grid fits with your overall design. YOu change fonts by setting a custom text format using a Tex...