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This series takes you through creating a custom component in Flex with actionscript and he takes you through all the possible options (from extending an existing component from the Flex framework to starting with a clean slate by extending the UIComponent.)
Flex Component Kit Alpha for Flex 2.0.1
The Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3 allows you to create interactive, animated content in Flash, and use it in Flex as a Flex component. This is an Alpha version that was built for Flex 2.0.1. The final version will be included as part of the Flex 3 SDK. You can watch the presentation at http://adobedev.adobe.acrobat.com/p75214263/ to learn more about the component kit. It includes the steps required to prepare your Flash content for Flex, and examples of various interaction possibilities…. Components here
Flex Components
Check out Tour de Flex – an AIR application that contains samples for the most popular components available to Flash Platform developers.
Components are the building blocks of the Flex framework. With them you are able to prototype, build and deploy your applications in record time.
The open source Flex framework includes a robust set of components and containers right out of the box. On top of the components that come with the Flex framework, there are a number of commercial components available, as well as community components available.
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Tour de Flex is a desktop application for exploring Flex capabilities and resources, including the core Flex components, Adobe AIR, data integration, and a variety of third-party components, effects, skins, and more.
Tour de Flex has three primary goals:
- Provide non-Flex developers with an overview of what is possible in Flex in a “look and see” environment
- Provide Flex developers with an illustrated reference tool
- Provide commercial and non-commercial Flex developers with a place to showcase their work
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Get the full url with the host name and port in actionscript?
There are several methods to help with this:
getHostName()
getPort()
getProtocol() -such as http or https
getContext() -The path after the hostname but before the url parameters
A common hurdle a developer may face is dealing with exceptions in BlazeDS. When an exception is thrown in Java, how do we handle this in flex? Here is a simple and flexible approach inspired by Scott Morgan.
1. Create a Java Class that extends RuntimeException.
package com.flexpasta.exception;
public class FlexException extends RuntimeException
{
public FlexException(String message)
{
super(message);
}
}
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