Adobe Flex 2: Advanced Visual Programming

Disc 1

Chapter 1: SETTING UP & OVERVIEW (27 min)

• Installing the Poetica Font
• Preparing the Workspace
• Repair Broken Links & Improve Performance
• Looking at the Natural Experiences Application
• Reviewing the Drag & Drop Application

• Reviewing the Main Application File
• Reviewing the Gallery Custom Component File
• Add Images & Animations to the Background
• Reviewing the Processing Effect of Animations
• Embedding an Image into the Project
• Placing Content in Correct Order
• Creating a Reusable Embedded Image
• Randomizing the Displayed Background Image
• Declaring Variables
• Calculating the Variable
• Creating Simple Pop Up Functionality
• Closing & Opening the Pop Up

• Learning the Limitations of Device Fonts
• Adding an Embedded Font
• Using the Embedded Font in a Class Selector
• Embedding Fonts Using FlashType
• Exploring FlashType Advance Anti-Aliasing Setting
• Exploring Filters
• Creating a Drop Shadow & Applying Glow Filters
• Reviewing Available Blends
• Applying Blends

• Exploring 9-Slice Scaling
• Adding 9-Slice Scaling to PNG Images
• Modify the Natural Experiences Welcome Panel
• Modify Graphical Skins Using Adobe Flash® Templates
• Modify the Natural Experiences ComboBox Skin

• Creating an Extended Component
• Extend & Customize Pre-existing Flex Components
• Add Custom Buttons to Scroll Window Extended Panel
• Applying Images to Button States
• Assign Event Handlers in an ActionScript Component
• Adding Button Children to the Panel
• Positioning the Custom Buttons in the Scroll Window
• Create Variables, Change Button Size, & Calculate X & Y Positions
• Optimizing the Application with Style Sheets
• Final Comments & Credits

• Using the Display List Objects & Graphics Class
• Calling the clear() Method
• Using lineStyle() to Style Star Points
• Drawing a Shape in an ActionScript Class
• Creating the ExpandButton
• Drawing a Round Cornered Rectangle
• Drawing a Line & Arrow
• Applying Drawn Buttons to an Application
• Reskinning Panels with a Programmatic Skin
• Setting Variables for Drawing the Skin
• Creating a Drawing Using the Graphics Class Method
• Applying the Panel Skin

• Creating Fly-In Pop Up Components
• Creating Parallel Effects Using MXML
• Creating Parallel Effects Using ActionScript
• Comparing MXML & ActionScript
• Expanding & Restoring the Scroll Window Panel
• Triggering the State Change
• Smoothing Transitions
• Detecting the Scroll Window’s Panel Width
• Creating Bindable Variables
• Using a Rollover Effect with a Thumbnail

• Displaying XML Data in an Array Collection
• Passing Data between Components
• Passing Thumbnail Sizes between Components
• Using a Repeater to Generate Thumbnails
• Displaying Data with the Thumbnails
• Creating a Pop Up Event Class
• Displaying the Correct Data in the Pop Up
• Reviewing Code in the Main Application
• Looking at the Filter Function
• Exploring the Thumbnail Gallery Properties
• Configuring the Thumbnail Gallery Layout
• Calculating the Thumbnail Width & Height
• Explaining Thumbnail Positioning
• Exploring the Code that Defines Thumbnail Position
• Positioning the Thumbnails in the Gallery
• Repairing the Scroll Window Display
• Refreshing the Gallery Based on Category

• Moving the Pop Up to the Mouse Position
• Constraining the Pop Up within the Content Area
• Modifying Pop Up Locations
• Continuing Modification of the Pop Up Location
• Creating the Timer Object
• Creating Auto-Scroll Functionality
• Timer Instance & ReducingValue Variable
• Timer Instance Basic Functionality
• Calculating Scrolling Functionality
• Controlling Animation Functionality
• Activate & Deactivate Scrolling Functionality

• Enabling the Drag Function on the Drag Source
• Enabling the Drop Function on the Drop Target
• Enabling the Drag Move Function on the Source
• Enable Drag & Drop Functionality on Components
• Limiting Data Display in the List Control
• Drag Enabling the Source Image
• Adding a Format to the DataSource Objects
• Accepting the Data in the Drop Target
• Creating a Proxy Image
• Drop Enabling the Target List Control
• Final Comments & Credits