See sample projects
Export All CSS button, 37, 42
extensions, 116
external data, accessing, 144
F
feedback animation, 172
FileSystemTree component, 241, 247
Fill Alphas, 29
Fireworks, 71??“89
Flex components, organizing in, 75??“80
images and, 73??“75, 84
layouts and, 72, 80??“84, 86??“88
Flash, 3, 115??“133
Flex skins and, 116??“133
integrating with Flex, 116, 129
Flash Integration Kit (Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3),
116, 129
Flash Lite, 3
Flash MovieClips, 116, 129
Flash Platform, 3
Flash Player, ActionScript and, 136
Flex, 3, 147
Flex applications, 4
CSS files, connecting to, 37
Fireworks and, 71??“89
styling as a whole, 35
Flex Builder, 7, 115??“133
AIR applications and, 237??“261
extending for Flash, 116, 129
Flash animations, importing into, 127
layouts exported to, 86
skins, importing into, 94, 110
Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3 (Flash Integration Kit),
116, 129
Flex Skin Design Extension for Flash, 116
Flex Start Page, 4
Flex Style Explorer. See Style Explorer
flow, controlling with events, 148
fluid layouts, 11
Form component, 58
formatting web feeds, 20
forms, 217??“235
functions, 139
INDEX
264
G
glow animation, 172
grade book, illustrating charting, 196
Gradient Alphas, 36
guidelines, automatic, 53
H
Halo (default theme), 30
HBox component, 160
Highlight Alphas, 29
HTTPService class, 144, 165
I
IDs, 10
Illustrator, skinning and, 104
Image component, 159??“173, 187, 241
images
aligning, 81, 161
background, for AIR applications, 256, 259
Fireworks and, 73??“85
importing, 121
photo gallery sample project and, 153??“175
import statements, 147
importing
ActionScript classes into Flex, 147
Flash animations into Flex, 127
images, 121
skins, 94, 110
installing extensions, 116
internal keyword, 140
labels, charts and, 211
L
Layout panel, personal web page sample project and, 49
layouts
aligning/refining, Fireworks and, 80
charting and, 200??“213
creating, in Fireworks, 72
exporting to Flex Builder, 86
fluid, 11
line charts, 206
linked folders, 156
List component, drag-and-drop functionality and, 178
Live Effects (Photoshop), 85
loading web feeds, 15
M
media center (sample project), 238??“261
methods, 139
modifying images, Fireworks and, 84
mouseMove property, 189
movie clips, 116, 129
MXML, 137
ActionScript and, 146
charting and, 213
events and, 149
skinning and, 125
video gallery sample project and, 184
MXML Editor, 8
N
naming conventions
for classes, 138
for images, 93
for symbols, 105
for variables, 142
Navigator panel, 7
O
object-oriented programming (OOP), 136, 138
objects, 136, 138
Okon, Mark, 127
OOP (object-oriented programming), 136, 138
over state, 93, 118, 120
P
packages, 137
Paint Shop Pro, 92
Panel component, 9, 40
Fireworks and, 76
personal web page sample project and, 49, 61
photo gallery sample project and, 157
styling, 32
texture for, 121
Panel tag, 231
panes, in Accordion component, 225??“235
Parallel tag, 172
parsing XML, 20
passing variables by value, 142
passwords, forms and, 232
personal web page (sample project), 46??“68
states for, 49??“60
styling, 61??“68
INDEX
265
photo gallery sample project, 153??“175
Photoshop, skinning and, 92
Photoshop Live Effects, 85
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