Flex Development

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute"
	creationComplete="httpRSS.send()" viewSourceURL="srcview/index.html">
 
	<mx:HTTPService id="httpRSS" url="http://www.dmallonee.com/flex/rss/"/>
	<mx:Panel layout="absolute" left="10" top="10" bottom="10" right="10" title="RSS Example">
		<mx:VBox width="100%" horizontalAlign="left" creationCompleteEffect="Fade"
			paddingTop="10" paddingLeft="10" paddingRight="10" paddingBottom="10">
			<mx:Repeater width="100%" id="rssItems"
				dataProvider="{httpRSS.lastResult.rss.channel.item}">
					<mx:Label text="{rssItems.currentItem.title}" fontWeight="bold"
						paddingLeft="6" paddingRight="6"/>
					<mx:LinkButton width="100%" textAlign="left"
						label="{rssItems.currentItem.link}"
						fontWeight="normal" textDecoration="underline"
						click="navigateToURL(new URLRequest(event.currentTarget.label.toString()))"/>
					<mx:TextArea editable="false" paddingLeft="6" paddingRight="6"
						width="100%" height="50" borderStyle="none"
						htmlText="{rssItems.currentItem.description}"/>
			</mx:Repeater>
		</mx:VBox>
	</mx:Panel>
 
</mx:Application>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" width="640" height="400"
	viewSourceURL="srcview/index.html">
 
	<mx:Image width="100%" height="100%" source="dm_blendmode.jpg"
		mouseFocusEnabled="false" mouseEnabled="false" mouseChildren="false"/>
 
	<mx:HSlider id="alphaSelection" minimum="0" maximum="1" x="298" y="246" liveDragging="true"/>
	<mx:ComboBox selectedIndex="10" id="blendModeSelection"
		change="gradient.blendMode=blendModeSelection.selectedLabel" x="298" y="272">
	      <mx:ArrayCollection>
	         <mx:String>add</mx:String>
	         <mx:String>alpha</mx:String>
	         <mx:String>darken</mx:String>
	         <mx:String>difference</mx:String>
	         <mx:String>erase</mx:String>
	         <mx:String>hardlight</mx:String>
	         <mx:String>invert</mx:String>
	         <mx:String>layer</mx:String>
	         <mx:String>lighten</mx:String>
	         <mx:String>multiply</mx:String>
	         <mx:String>normal</mx:String>
	         <mx:String>overlay</mx:String>
	         <mx:String>screen</mx:String>
	         <mx:String>subtract</mx:String>
	      </mx:ArrayCollection>
	</mx:ComboBox>
	<mx:TextArea width="276" height="107" x="182" y="131">
		<mx:text>There is white-black gradient layer above all of these lower graphic layers. The alpha and blendMode widgets below control the respective alpha and blendMode properties of that layer and adjusting them will illustrate the effects of the blendModes.</mx:text>
	</mx:TextArea>
	<mx:Label x="254" y="250" text="alpha"/>
	<mx:Label x="224" y="276" text="blendMode"/>
 
	<mx:Image width="100%" height="100%" source="dm_blendmode_gradient.jpg"
		alpha="{alphaSelection.value}" blendMode="multiply"
		mouseFocusEnabled="false" mouseEnabled="false" mouseChildren="false" id="gradient"/>
 
</mx:Application>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:TextArea xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">
 
	<mx:Script>
		<![CDATA[
 
            [Inspectable(defaultValue="")]
            private var _url:String = "";
 
			public function set url (requestedURL:String):void 
			{
				urlLoad(requestedURL);
			}
 
			public function get url ():String 
			{
				return _url;
			}
 
			private function urlLoad(requestedURL:String):void
			{
				var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(requestedURL);
				var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
				loader.load(request);
				loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);
			}
 
			private function onComplete(event:Event):void
			{
				var loader:URLLoader = URLLoader(event.target);
				//replace linefeed characters since Flex displays them otherwise
				this.htmlText = loader.data.toString().replace(/\r|\n/gm,"");
			}
 
		]]>
	</mx:Script>
 
</mx:TextArea>

 
		TextArea
		{
			cornerRadius: 5;
		}
		Application
		{
			backgroundColor: #FFFFFF;
		}