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Davis, Michele E. and Phillips, Jon A.. Flex™ 3: A Beginner's Guide. US: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2008.

Flex™ 3: A Beginner's Guide

Authors: Michele E. Davis and Jon A. Phillips

Published:  March 2008

eISBN: 9780071603645 0071603646 | ISBN: 9780071544184
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  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Flex Fundamentals
  • The Origins of Flex
  • ActionScript
  • MXML
  • Understanding Flex
  • LiveCycle Data Services
  • Using LiveCycle Data Services with the Flex Builder
  • Flex’s Forte
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Object Manipulation
  • Consistent API
  • Open Source
  • Flex Limitations
  • Flex vs. HTML/Ajax
  • Dynamic HTML
  • DOMs
  • Ajax
  • Cross-Platform Support with Single Binary
  • Flex Versions
  • Initial Releases
  • Adobe Flex 2.01
  • Adobe Flex 3
  • How Flex Works
  • Design and Configure
  • Build
  • Deploy
  • Securing Your Application
  • 2 Installation and Modules
  • Installing Flex
  • Flex Distributions
  • Flex Builder Distribution
  • Flex SDK
  • Apache/IIS Runtime Module
  • Installing Flex Builder
  • Macintosh OS X
  • Flex Builder Projects
  • Workspaces
  • Managing Projects in a Workspace
  • Creating a Test Project
  • General Requirements for the SDK
  • Downloading the SDK Installation
  • Removing the Flash Plug-in
  • Installing the Flex SDK
  • Running Samples
  • Apache/IIS Flex Module
  • Requirements
  • Installer Download
  • Testing the Compiler Module
  • 3 Getting Started
  • Principles of MXML
  • XML
  • Principles of ActionScript
  • ActionScript Timeline
  • Proper Syntax
  • Variables
  • Declaring
  • Naming
  • Types
  • Modifying Variable Types
  • Expressions
  • Functions and Methods
  • Defining
  • Testing Output
  • Named Functions
  • Flow Control and Looping
  • If Statement
  • Switch Statement
  • Looping
  • Event Handlers
  • Create an Event Handler That Displays an Alert
  • MXML Conversion
  • OOP
  • Encapsulation
  • Classes
  • Methods
  • Defining
  • Instantiation
  • Static Methods
  • Inheritance
  • Class Specifications
  • Understanding MXML Namespaces
  • The Flex Config File
  • The Manifest File
  • Referencing Namespaces in Your Code
  • 4 Working with Flex Builder
  • Flex Builder Modes
  • Development
  • Debugging
  • Building a User Interface
  • Containers
  • The Application Container
  • Constraint-Based Layout
  • Controls
  • Arrays
  • Text-Based Controls
  • Data Provider Controls
  • Menu Controls
  • Modifying Controls
  • Class Hierarchy of Controls
  • Sizing Controls
  • Positioning Controls
  • Changing the Appearance of Controls
  • Text Controls
  • Text Property
  • The htmlText Property
  • Select and Modify Text
  • TextArea
  • TextInput
  • RichTextEditor
  • Label Control
  • Menu Control
  • Menu Attributes
  • Data Provider Types
  • Menu Control Creation
  • MenuBar Control
  • Create a MenuBar Control
  • Running Your Applications
  • 5 States, Transitions, and Behaviors
  • States and Transitions
  • Creating States
  • Apply States
  • Properties
  • Styles
  • Event Handlers
  • Effects and Transitions
  • Creating a Transition
  • Triggers
  • Creating Behaviors
  • Invoke Using Flex Events
  • Fading in a RichTextEditor with a Button Click
  • Composite Effects
  • Binding Variables
  • Declaring
  • Referencing
  • 6 Modifying Your Application’s Appearance
  • Categories of Customization
  • Styles and Skins
  • Enhanced Constraints
  • CSS Property Inspector
  • Themes
  • Setting Styles
  • Skins
  • Graphical Skinning
  • 7 Data Access
  • Local Versus Remote Data
  • Security Implications
  • Cross-Domain File
  • XML HTTP Service Requests
  • Creating an Application to Display Amazon Vampire Books
  • Proxy
  • Getting the Data
  • 8 Debugging and Profiling
  • Profiling
  • Saving and Loading Profiling Data
  • Live Objects Panel
  • Memory Snapshot Panel
  • Loitering Objects Panel
  • Object References Panel
  • Allocation Trace Panel
  • Performance Snapshot Panel
  • Launch Dialog
  • Debugging with fdb
  • Launching
  • Commands
  • Debugging with Trace
  • 9 Working with Media Assets/Deploying
  • Managing Media Assets
  • Embedding vs. Runtime Referencing
  • Supported Media Types
  • Sound
  • Playing Embedded Sounds
  • Playing Referenced Sounds
  • Including a Referenced Image
  • Including an Embedded Image
  • Embedding Movies
  • Deploying
  • Wrappers
  • Publishing Your Application
  • A: ActionScript and MXML Reference
  • ActionScript 3.0
  • Global Functions
  • Global Constants
  • Global ActionScript Classes
  • Language Reference
  • MXML-Only Components
  • Keyboard Shortcuts in Flex Builder
  • Online Resources
  • Online Communities
  • Documentation
  • Tools
  • Quick Reference Sheets
  • Interesting Flex-Based Sites
  • Glossary
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Z
  • Index