It’s been a while since Flex 4.5 public beta was released. I spent some time with the the new SDK and following blogs, getting the feel of it. The 4.5 “Hero” SDK is expected to release later this year, along with a new version of flash player (10.2) . In previous posts (Spark pains) I expressed my disappointment [...]
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For a recent project I needed to create a trivial image list with zoom effect for a spark based application. Image lists are commonly used for image galleries or menus, and Flex offers some UI components to quickly create and configure these generic lists, so I did not expect any difficulties. I was wrong. Even [...]
READ MORE »I needed a simple spark button with only an icon – basically a bitmap made into a button. The problem is that I have lots of these buttons, each with a different icon – and all the skin samples use hard-coded assets. UPDATE: The new Flex 4.5 Hero has this feature built in, as described in [...]
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In a recent post here, I shared my rants regarding usability of several spark components. Well, its better to act than to complain, so I decided to try and roll my own tab control.
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