flex3

flex 3: embed f4v in swf

So once again Flash (Flex actually) gives me an head ache (: Does somebody know of a workaround to embed an F4V flash video file within a Flex 3 app so I do not have to load it from the web?? I thought about embedding it as a "Class" type in the hope that Flex will accept the file, at least, as a binary file, and continue from there, b...

Centering DataTip (target) on a ColumnChart in Flex 3

How can I align a DataTip to the vertical center of the corresponding column? I've tried creating a custom dataTipRenderer, but it seems to me that there I can only move the datatip relative to the target (the circle graphic). But that position's just fine, I'd like to move the target itself. My last idea is to set the showDataTipTarget...

Taking a screenshot of browser/tab window in flex

Hi all, I'm quite new to Flex. I've looked into taking screenshots in flex and have found many links on google and here on stackoverflow for taking screenshots of components and stuff like this. What I would like to do is take a screenshot of the entire tab in a browser window (or, failing that, the browser window itself or even just ...

Flex 3.5 / Flex 4 Strange Scaling/Positioning problem

I have a simple block of code to demonstrate an issue: package { import flash.display.Sprite; import flash.events.Event; [SWF(width="400", height="400", frameRate="24", backgroundColor="#FFFFFF")] public class sandbox extends Sprite { public function sandbox() { graphics.beginFill(0xFF0000); graphics.dra...

Loading flex modules compiled with Flex 4 SDK into an application compiled with Flex 3.5

I am working on a feature for an application that requires Flex 4 functionality. Due to some migration issues of the application from Flex 3.5 to 4.0, I have decided to implement this feature as a module that is compiled with Flex 4.0. The theory is that the application would remain compiled in Flex 3.5 and load the module when it need...

flex 3 togglebuttonbar vertical text label in buttons

Hi, How could i write vertical text on a toggle button bar that is vertically arranged. ...