Flex 3: Extending and Styling Flex 3 Components Flex 3 3 Adobe Flex Builder 3 with AIR ACE Exam flxComp An Intel Pentium class 4 processor At least 1GB RAM (192 MB recommended) 500 MB of available hard-disk space (additional 500 MB required for plug-in configuration) Windows XP with Service Pack 2, Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Pro, Windows Server 2003 Flex Builder 3 Latest version of a Web Browser, i.e.: Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Netscape Navigator, Opera Latest version of the Macromedia Flash Player 9 or higher Create Flex 3 Halo Components Create components with embedded images, icons and fonts Modify the look and feel of Flex 3 Halo components with filters, blends and graphics Create Flex 3 Pop Up Controls Create custom components that optimize Flash Player performance capabilities Programmatically "skin" the look and feel of a Flex 3 Halo component Create a Flex 3 Halo component with multiple view states and animate the view state changes Create Flex 3 Halo components that are aware of the users mouse position+ Create Flex 3 Halo components that the user can drag and drop Introducing Flex 3: Extending and Styling Components Programming the Visual Experience Understanding Project Roles Embedding Images and Fonts Embedding Images at Compile-time Layering Content Using Absolute Layouy Creating a Reusable Embedded Image Creating Instances of an Embedded Image Class Understanding Device Font Limitations Embedding Fonts with Absolute File Paths Embedding Fonts using Adobe Flash Modifying the Look and Feel of Flex Components Exploring Filters Applying Blends Modifying the Look-and-Feel of Flex Components using MXML Styles Modifying Graphical Skins using Flex Skin Design Extensions for CS3 Creating Popups Creating a Popup Window Passing Data to the Popup Window Extending Flex Components Exploring Display Object Basics Extending Flex Components Implementing the createChildren() Method implementing the updateDisplayList() Method Improving Custom Component Reusability with Stylesheets Drawing Shapes and Skinning Programmatically Understanding the Relationship Between Display List Objects and the Graphics Class Calling the clear() Method Drawing Lines Creating a Visual Element as an ActionScript Class Creating Shapes Defining Fill Methods Implementing a ButtonSkin from the mx.skins.halo package Implementing a Programmatic Skin Animating Components and View States Creating behaviors in ActionScript Reviewing View States and Transitions Using the CurrentStateChange Event Creating Mouse-Aware Applications Detecting the Mouse position Detecting the Stage dimensions Implementing Drag and Drop Functionality Understanding the DragManager Specifying the Data to Display in a List Control Enabling Dragging on Non-List-Based Controls Controlling Dropping with Formats Handling Data in Drag and Drop Operations Custom Flex 3 Components Advanced Topics