Adobe Flex 2: Training from the Source > Creating Custom Components with ActionScript 3.0

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Adobe Flex 2: Training from the Source

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

Lesson 1. Understanding Rich Internet Applications

Lesson 2. Getting Started

Lesson 3. Laying Out the Interface

Lesson 4. Using Simple Controls

Lesson 5. Handling Events and Data Structures

Lesson 6. Using Remote XML Data with Controls

Lesson 7. Creating Components with MXML

Lesson 8. Using Controls and Repeaters with Data Sets

Lesson 9. Using Custom Events

Lesson 10. Creating Custom Components with ActionScript 3.0

Introducing Building a Component with ActionScript 3.0

Creating the Structure of the Class

Overriding the createChildren() Method

Overriding the updateDisplayList() Method

What You Have Learned

Lesson 11. Using DataGrids and Item Renderers

Lesson 12. Using Drag and Drop

Lesson 13. Implementing Navigation

Lesson 14. Using Formatters and Validators

Lesson 15. Using the History Manager

Lesson 16. Customizing the Look and Feel of a Flex Application

Lesson 17. Accessing Server-side Objects

Lesson 18. Charting Data

Lesson 19. Introducing Adobe Flex Data Services

Lesson 20. Pushing Data with Adobe Flex Data Services

Lesson 21. Synchronizing Data with Adobe Flex Data Services

Lesson 22. Creating Transitions and Behaviors

Lesson 23. Printing From Flex

Lesson 24. Using Shared Objects

Lesson 25. Debugging Flex Applications

Appx. A. Setup Instructions

Index

Lesson 10. Creating Custom Components with ActionScript 3.0

What You Will Learn

In this lesson, you will:

Create a class for your component
Embed images in ActionScript
Instantiate Flex components in ActionScript
Programmatically add components to a Container
Override the createChildren() and updateDisplayList() methods
Understand the rawChildrenList property of Containers

Approximate Time

This lesson takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete.

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