1021 Index States view, Flash Builder, 54, 401, 402–403, 404–405 StateVO class, 588 StateVO.as file, 610 static data, 115, 538 static event name constants, 240 static keyword, 150 static methods, formatter classes in, 308–310 static properties, MXML component, 150 status bar, WindowedApplication , 978 status property, 978 <s:tcy> tag, 289 Step Into tool, 193 Step Over tool, 193 Step Return tool, 193 step value, form property, 672 stepSize property, 272–273 <s:text> tag, 254 <s:TitleWindow> tag, 529 stopPropagation( ) method, 228 <s:TraceTarget/> tag, 167, 178, 871 <s:Transition> tag, 414 <s:transitions> tag, 414 streaming channel, 853–854 String value parsing XML-formatted, 752 selection.value property, 235 TextEvent class, 232 trace() function, 172 stringData variable, 752 StringValidator class, 687, 689 stroke property, 421, 422, 424 strokeColor property, 263 strokeWidth property, 263 style name selectors, CSS, 346, 351–352 style name, style sheet, 343, 344 style sheet, 343–344, 453. See also CSS style sheet file, 356 style value, style sheet, 343, 344 StyleManager class, 364, 365, 367–368, 454 styleManager object, 364–365, 368–369 styleManager property, 364 StyleManager2 interface, 364 styleName property, 253, 346, 352 styles control, setting, 251 data types, 362 defined, 149 encapsulation, 14 MX basic containers, 317–319 namespace, 106 overview, 6 scrollbars, 337–338 text, 253–262 visual presentation, 312 Spark theme, 342 SparkAddressRenderer.mxml file, 627 Spark-based themes, 342 spark.components.Application class, 128 SparkControlBarDemo.mxml file, 330 spark.effects package, 372 spark.effects.easing package, 387 spark.events.IndexChangeEvent event object, 487, 585 spark.events.TrackBaseEvent event object, 281 spark.filters package, 431 spark-manifest.xml file, 108 SparkPanelDemo.mxml file, 327 spark.primitives package, 420–421 SparkSkin class, 443, 444 SparkTileList.mxml file, 641 specialized fonts, 300 Specific component option, 360–361 SpiderMonkey, 750 Sprite class, 69 SpriteVisualElement class, 440 SQLite database, 631 SQLiteManager link, 915 src (source-code root) folder, 48, 157–158 src:local style, 298 src:url style, 298 <s:request> tag, 745, 797 <s:source> tag, 554 <s:span> tag, 256, 289 <s:State> tag, 407 <s:states> tag, 407–408, 414 <s:States> tag, 600 <s:tab> tag, 289 stageX:int property, 220 stageY:int property, 220 stand-alone installer, Flash Builder, 32–34 startdb.bat batch file, 813 startdb.sh file, 813 Startup.bat file, 812 State class, 400, 414 State selector, Design view, 404–405 stateful applications, 533, 556 stateGroups attribute, 462 stateless requests, REST architecture, 708 states, skin, 447–448. See also view states states property, 400 41_488959-bindex.indd 102141_488959-bindex.indd 1021 3/5/10 2:50 PM3/5/10 2:50 PM Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. 1022 Index in MXML, 104 Text Layout Framework, 288–289 target property, 217, 228–229 <target-player> tag, 85 targets property, 377 Task Manager, Windows, 972 TCYElement class, 289 template, HTML wrapper. See HTML wrapper template ( index.template.html ) template-driven PDF documents, 809 Terminal application, Mac OS X, 813 Terminate tool, 193 Terms of Use, BlazeDS, 810 ternary expressions, 869–870 ternary operator, ActionScript 3, 119 Test Movie option, 70 testing E4X expressions, 762–763 event declaration, 232–233 Flex applications for ColdFusion, 198–201 messaging application, 862 release build, 90–91 TestPage.cfm ColdFusion page, 783 TestRollover.mxml file, 413 text advanced layout of, 288–294 fonts, 294–302 formatter classes, 305–310 manipulating, 303–305 overview, 287 Text control, 253 text controls formatters in binding expressions, 307–308 properties of, 254–259 rotation of, 297, 303–304 text entry, 259–262 transparency, 297 text files, 10 Text Font option, 44 Text Layout Framework (TLF), 255, 288–289 text nodes, filtering with predicate expressions, 761 text property binding expression, 136–137 ComboBox control, 606 custom event handler, 236 Spark text control, 254–255 TextArea control, 262 TextEvent class, 232 text value, resultFormat property, 726 styles (continued) overriding in view state, 409–412 versus properties, 343–344 text, 290–291 subclass, 15 subscribe() method, 858, 859 subString() method, 261 subtopic property, 865, 866–871 subtopics, filtering messages with, 866–871 Sun Microsystems Web site, 811 super() method, 237, 240, 699 _Super_Contact.as class, 717, 718–719 _Super_ContactService class, 712 superclass, 15, 224. See also specific superclasses by name Superclass dialog box, 239 Suspend tool, 193 <s:VerticalLayout> tag, 79, 702 SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), 6 SWC files, 158, 164, 342 <s:WebService> tag, 784, 792 SWF files, 90, 164, 282, 344, 363 SWFObject JavaScript library, 82 swfobject_modified.js file, 96 swfobject.createCSS() method, 85 swfobject.embedSWF() method, 85, 130 swfobject.js file, 82, 83 <s:WindowedApplication> root element, 104, 977–978 switch statement, 118 Switch Workspace option, 37, 74 switching view states at runtime, 406–407 switching workspaces, in Flash Builder, 74–75 symbolColor style, 355 synchronous input/output, 853 system events, 207 system menu, WampServer, 915 System Preferences application, 918 system tray icon, 914–915 systemFont attribute, 302 T Tab component, 485 TabBar container, 485 TabElement class, 289 table structure, database, 534, 935–938 TabNavigator container, 472, 497–500, 501–502 tags. See also specific tags by name compiler, 106 data objects, declaring separate with, 577 41_488959-bindex.indd 102241_488959-bindex.indd 1022 3/5/10 2:50 PM3/5/10 2:50 PM Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. 1023 Index sample applications, using, 813–814 starting, 811–813 tooltip property, 253 top property, 332, 423 topLevelApplication property, 129 toState property, 414 toString() method, 761 trace() function, 167, 172–175, 622 TRACE method, 725 TraceTarget component, 175, 177–179, 871 tracing messaging traffic, 871–872 network traffic, 201–206 targets, 177–180 Transfer Object design pattern, 539, 841 transfer objects. See value objects Transition class, 414, 416 TransitionDemo.mxml file, 417 transitions declaring, 414–415 defined, 399 overview, 414–418 Parallel effect, using in, 415 Sequence effect, using in, 415–418 transitions property, 414 transparency, 297, 316, 379 traversing data, with cursors, 562–564 TraversingData.mxml file, 564 Tree control, 573 Tree view, Network Monitor, 202 trigger events, 373, 688–692 trigger property, 689, 691, 694 triggerEvent property, 689, 691, 694 triggering validator objects, 692–695 true value, ArrayCollection class filtering function, 557 TrueType fonts, 297 turnkey distribution, BlazeDS configuring Proxy Service, 817–818 downloading, 810–811 JDK, 809 sample applications, using, 813–814 sample database, starting, 813 starting, 811–813 tweening, 371, 379 two-way bindings, 137 type property, 217, 231, 233, 234, 241, 692 type selectors, CSS, 346–349 typecasting literal values, 761–762 _typewriter font family, 297 TextArea control, 129, 253, 254, 259, 262 TextBase selector, 348–349 text-decoration setting, 350 textDecoration style, 294 TextEvent class, 232, 234, 235 TextFlow class, 256 textFlow property, 256–257 TextFlowUtil class, 256–258 TextFlowXMLDemo.mxml file, 258 TextIndentDemo.mxml file, 291 TextInput control ComboBox control, nested in, 605, 606 Form component, adding to, 685 frameRate , 129 as item editor for DataGrid control, 627–628 MX, 253 overview, 259–260 restrict property, 260 selected text, working with, 261 Spark, 254 validator object, creating, 688 textLayout.swc file, 288 Thawte certificate authority, 968 themes, Flex, 342 this item, 8, 187, 412, 552, 594 throwCFCFault( ) function, 901 thumb icon, Slider control, 279 thumbDrag event, 281 thumbPress event, 281 thumbRelease event, 281 tile layout, list controls with, 635–641 TileLayout layout class, 131, 326–327 TileList control, 573, 635–641 timeline, Flash, 9, 10, 69, 371 timeout value, 736 title property, 327, 564 <title> tag, HTML wrapper template, 83 TitleWindow container, 327, 505, 513, 521, 527–529 TLF (Text Layout Framework), 255, 288–289 TODO comment, 218 Toggle Breakpoint option, 180–181 toggle property, 267, 268 Toggle Watchpoint option, 190 ToggleButton control, 267 ToggleButtonBar container, 485, 487–488, 489 token property, 737, 794 Tomcat 6, Apache configuring Proxy Service, 817–818 overview, 809 41_488959-bindex.indd 102341_488959-bindex.indd 1023 3/5/10 2:50 PM3/5/10 2:50 PM Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. 1024 Index user profile, ColdFusion, 905–906 username property, 240 userNameInput property, 243 UseValueObject.mxml file, 551 UseWatchpoint.mxml file, 190 Using Flash Builder 4 heading, 55 UsingAddEventListener.mxml file, 225 UsingComponentRenderers.mxml file, 600 UsingConstraintsComplete.mxml file, 331 UsingLabelField.mxml file, 582 UsingLabelFunction.mxml file, 583 UsingOverridesBegin.mxml file, 410 UsingOverridesComplete.mxml file, 412 UsingRenderersWithViewStates.mxml file, 601 V V command, 424 VALID constant, 692 Validate Configuration button, 198, 815, 856, 876, 921 validate() method, 692, 693 validateAll() method, 693, 694 validating data entry ActionScript, controlling with, 691–695 error messages, 695–697 overview, 687–688 rules, 695–697 trigger events, controlling with, 688–691 validator object, creating, 688 validation interface, visual components, 704 ValidationDemo.mxml file, 690 ValidationResultEvent class, 692, 693, 694 Validator class, 694 validator objects, 688, 692–695 ValidatorDemo.mxml file, 694, 697 value, style, 343, 344 Value Object design pattern, 588, 698, 841, 894 value objects ColdFusion, 894–900 Form container, modeling data with, 697–699 generating, 714–717 HTTPService component, 741–744 instantiating, 549–552 New ActionScript Class wizard, 540–541 overview, 539 RemoteObject component, 841–845 reviewing code, 717–719 syntax, 541–549 value property, 272, 273, 278, 280, 596 valueCommitted event, 689, 692 U UIComponent class, 251–253, 368, 444, 517, 521 UML (Unified Modeling Language) diagram class with data structure, 535 Event class inheritance, 219 event object properties, 216–217 inheritance, 15 MXML components, 140 vertical and horizontal layout containers, 312–313 Unexpected character error, 347 Unicode, 301–302 unicodeRange attribute, 301, 302 Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), 105–106, 771 uninstalling Adobe AIR, 958–959 desktop application, 971 Flash Player, 23 unique identifier. See id units of measurement, 344 update() method, 948 updateHTML() function, 978 updatePerson() function, 937 updateSelection() method, 608, 609 upgrade installer, Flash Player, 83 Upload Service, ColdFusion, 905 URI (Uniform Resource Identifier), 105–106, 771 URI Reference, 105 URL column, Connect to Data/Service dialog box, 711 url property Application component, 129 <endpoint> element, 979 HTTPService component, 722, 723, 724, 923 navigator bar container, 486 WebService or HTTPService object, 824 <url> tag, 822–824 URLs, 91, 708 useAppserverSecurity parameter, 846 UseComponent.mxml file, 146 UseComponentWithAS.mxml file, 149 UseComponentWithMethod.mxml file, 154 UseCustomPopUp.mxml file, 527 UseDataConnection.mxml application, 711, 719 UseExternalResourceBundles.mxml file, 953 -use-network compiler argument, 730, 731 useProxy property, 820, 822, 823 user data selections, handling, 585–590 user events, 207 user interface, Flash Builder, 49–55 User Manager screen, 905–906 41_488959-bindex.indd 102441_488959-bindex.indd 1024 3/5/10 2:50 PM3/5/10 2:50 PM Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. 1025 Index switching at runtime, 406–407 transitions, 414–418 viewport, Scroller object, 337, 338 views. See also MXML components; navigation, application defined, 469 Eclipse, 38–40 Flash Builder, 51–55 in model-view-controller architecture, 139 views/Authors.mxml file, 473 ViewStack container in ActionScript, 477–482 ButtonBar control, 613 creating in Design mode, 473–477 declaring in MXML, 472 handling menu events, 493 menu data providers, 492 overview, 471 using as dataProvider , 487–488 ViewState architecture, ASP.NET, 470 ViewStatesBegin.mxml file, 402, 404 ViewStatesComplete.mxml file, 406 visible property, 253, 373 <visible> tag, 973 visual controls. See also custom item renderers; specific controls by name binding returned data to, 719–722 binding Web service data connection data to, 803–805 BitmapImage , 281–286 button, 266–271 Canvas container, 315 data entry, 271–277 GraphicElement , 251–253 Image , 281–286 instantiating, 250–251 interactive, 277–281 layout, 263–266 overview, 249–250 properties, setting, 251 styles, setting, 251 text, 253–262 UIComponent , 251–253 visual effects, FXG filters, applying, 431–432 gradient fills, 425–428 overview, 425 reusing graphic elements, 428–430 scaling graphic elements, 430 visual objects, 110–112, 133, 449–451 void return datatype, 213 valueObjects package, 540 valueToDisplay variable, 150–151 var keyword, 114–115, 150 variableRowHeight property, 592, 624 variables. See also specific variables by name access modifiers, 115–116 counter, in for loop, 119 data collection, 553 debugging tools, 167 declaring in ActionScript 3, 114–117 inspecting with breakpoints, 187–192 names, event object, 213 refactoring names, 61–62 Variables view, Flash Builder, 55, 187–188, 189, 220–221, 733–734 variations, font, 298–300 VBox container, 227–228, 312–314, 316–319, 328, 334–335 VBoxDemo.mxml file, 313 VBoxGapAndPadding.mxml file, 318 vector graphics, 430, 433–434, 437–438. See also FXG VeriSign certificate authority, 968 version, Flash Player, 83–85, 96 version property, 963 version_major parameter, 84 version_minor parameter, 84 version_revision parameter, 84 vertical layout, 78, 131–133 vertical layout container, 312–315 vertical navigator bars, 488–491 vertical scrollbar, TextArea control, 262 vertical value, form property, 672 verticalAlign style, 132, 317, 321 verticalAxis declaration, 667 verticalCenter property, 332, 423 verticalGap style, 317, 319 VerticalLayout class, 80, 131–133, 143, 146 VGroup component, 111, 113, 228, 319–323, 337–338 VGroupDemo.mxml file, 323 view attribute, XML node, 493 View Menu button, 52 View source option, 967 view states components, managing in, 412–413 Design view, defining in, 401–406 for Flex navigation, 471 item renderers, customizing with, 600–602 MXML, declaring in, 407–412 overview, 399–401 skin states, matching required, 447 41_488959-bindex.indd 102541_488959-bindex.indd 1025 3/5/10 2:50 PM3/5/10 2:50 PM Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. 1026 Index multiple operations, handling events of, 791–794 overview, 786 processing Web service operations with ActionScript, 795–796 result event, 787–789 in RPC architecture, 709–710 tracing data, 203–204 WebServiceBoundParams.mxml file, 798 WebServiceDemo.mxml file, 199–200, 203–204 WebServiceExplicitParams.mxml file, 798 WebServiceFaultEvent.mxml file, 791 WebServiceMultipleOperations.mxml file, 794 WebServiceResultEvent.mxml file, 789 WebServiceWithActionScript.mxml file, 796 WebServiceWithBindings.mxml file, 786 WebServiceWithDataConnection.mxml file, 805 Webster, Steven, 741 web.xml file, 846 wedges, pie chart, 652–657 while statement, 119 white space, 425, 754 whiteSpaceCollapse style, 258–259 width property charting controls, 650 components, 253 containers/controls, 333–334 DataGrid control, 614 HRule / VRule controls, 263 Image control, 283 Line class, 421 MX containers, 312 percentage sizing, 334 shape classes, 423 Spacer control, 265 width setting, <s:Application> tag, 92 widthInChars property, 262 window argument, 525 window styles, 512 WindowedApplication component, 977–978 Windows operating systems Adobe Flex 4 SDK Command Prompt option, 28 AIR, 958–959, 970–972 BlazeDS, 811–813 Eclipse, 35, 37 Flash Player, uninstalling, 23 flashlog.txt file location, 174 mm.cfg file location, 174 WampServer, installing on, 913–914 .windowStyles style name selector, 512, 513, 514 VRule control, 263–264 VScrollBar control, 277, 278 VSlider control, 279, 280, 281 W W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), 105, 341, 347, 778 wait-interval-mills property, 852 WampServer, 913–916 watchpoints, setting, 188–191 Web browser Adobe AIR, 956 classic Web navigation, 470–471 configuring Eclipse, 44–45 CSS implementation, 341 debugging session, terminating, 171 testing release build in, 90 Web Browser section, Preferences dialog box, 44–45 Web deployment, Flash Player, 18 Web navigation, 470–471 Web page, integrating Flex application into, 91–92 Web Premium software bundle, 9 Web server, testing release build with, 91 Web services. See SOAP-based Web services Web Services Description Language (WSDL), 777, 780–782, 784–785 Web Sharing option, 918 Web Tier Compiler, Flex, 3 Web Tools Platform All-in-One, 35 Web Tools Project, 34 WEB-INF folder, 846, 877–878 WEB-INF/classes folder, 826, 835 WEB-INF/flex folder, 817, 828, 877 WEB-INF/lib folder, 826, 846 WebKit Web browser engine, 957 WebORB, 825, 924, 925 WebService component ColdFusion, installing, 783 creating object, 784–785 cross-domain security constraint, 980 defined, 578 overview, 779, 783 passing parameters to Web service operations, 796–798 Proxy Service, 817, 818, 824 result event, 736 results, handling binding expressions, 786–787 CallResponder class, 794–795 fault events, 790–791 41_488959-bindex.indd 102641_488959-bindex.indd 1026 3/5/10 2:50 PM3/5/10 2:50 PM Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. 1027 Index menu data providers, 492–493 MXML as CDATA blocks, 109–110 child elements, 109 entities, 110 manifests, 107–109 namespace prefixes, 106–107 namespaces, 105–106 overview, 104–105 programming with, 104–105 namespaces, working with, 770–773 overview, 707–708, 749–750 PHP with, 922–924 REST architecture, 708–709 RPC architecture, 709–710 value object code, generating, 714–717 XML class array notation, 759 defined, 751 extracting data from objects, 758–764 filtering XML data with predicate expressions, 761 modifying data in objects, 765–770 object, creating, 751–754 xml property value, 726, 753 XML User Interface Language (XUL), 105 xmlData.item expression, E4X, 754–755 XMLDocument class, 750, 751 XMLHttpRequest object, 727 XMLList class as data provider for PopUpMenuButton , 514–515 defined, 751 descendant accessor operator, 760 dot notation, 758–759 filtering with predicate expressions, 761–762 Menu control, 494–495 menu data providers, 492–493 use of, 754–755 XMLListCollection class, 553, 751, 755–756 XMLNode class, 750, 751 xmlns attribute, 106, 964 xOffset argument, 394 XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations), 105 xTo property, 379–380 XUL (XML User Interface Language), 105 Y y property, 253, 315, 423 yBy property, 380 Winer, Dave, 778 Wipe effect, 373 WipeDown effect, 373 WipeLeft effect, 373 WipeRight effect, 373, 375 WipeUp effect, 373 Wireframe theme, 342 Wischusen, Derek, 725 workbench, 33 workspace Eclipse, 37–43 Flash Builder, switching in, 74–75 Workspace Launcher dialog box, 37–38 World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), 105, 341, 347, 778 wrapper template, HTML. See HTML wrapper template ( index.template.html ) WSDL (Web Services Description Language), 777, 780–782, 784–785 WSDL location, 799 wsdl property, WebService object, 784 wsdl query string parameter, 780 <wsdl> element, 824 www directory link, WampServer menu, 915 X x property, 253, 315, 423 XAML (Extensible Application Markup Language), 105 XAMPP, 913 xBy property, 380 xField property, 668 xFrom property, 379–380 XML. See also HTTPService component; SOAP-based Web services classes, 750–756 data-centric applications binding returned data to visual controls, 719–722 data connections, creating and managing, 710–714 overview, 710 return data type, defining, 714–719 DataGrid control, 615 E4X expressions extracting data from XML objects, 758–764 modifying data in XML objects, 765–770 overview, 756–757 event handling strategy, 210 <fx:Model> tag, 538 HTTPService responses, handling with binding expression, 728–730 41_488959-bindex.indd 102741_488959-bindex.indd 1027 3/5/10 2:50 PM3/5/10 2:50 PM Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. 1028 Index installing, 925–927 overview, 924–925 returning complex data from AMFPHP, 929–931 service class, creating, 927–928 Zend Server, 913 ZendFramework subfolder, 927 zFrom property, 380 z-index (relative depth), 133 ZipCodeFormatter class, 305, 307 ZipCodeValidator class, 687 Zoom effect, 373, 415 Zoom tool, 404 yesLabel property, 506 yField property, 668 yFrom property, 379–380 yOffset argument, 394 yTo property, 379–380 Z Z command, 424 zBy property, 380 Zend AMF ActionScript to PHP data serialization, 932 calling class with RemoteObject , 928–929 41_488959-bindex.indd 102841_488959-bindex.indd 1028 3/5/10 2:50 PM3/5/10 2:50 PM Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. 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States view, Flash Builder, 54, 40 1, 40 2 40 3, 40 4 40 5 StateVO class, 588 StateVO.as file, 610 static data, 115, 538 static event name constants, 240 static