Archive for the 'general' Category

Flex :: invalidateThis() big bird

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

Hi,
I have had a couple questions and off line chats with some fellow component developers, some questions were raised about invalidation. Specifically,
invalidateProperties()
invalidateSize()
invalidateDisplayList()
I was about to answer the question in a comment but, thought I could put a little more effort into a post.
Ok, for those that like to read…
In my last article a […]

Flex :: commitProperties(), a components state queue

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

Hi,
I am starting a series on the flex framework from a component developers point of view ( after much experience). Expect useful articles from a professional and experienced component developer.
Some of you may know what I am talking about others might learn something.
I see some things in a different light now that [...]

Flex 2 :: EyeDropper, Gradients and Container Components

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

Hello,
From the world of Teoti Graphix comes the Flex look and feel revolution. We are really trying to help developers create original looking applications on the developer front of "Look and Feel". Our latest little gem is the EyeDropperFX component that allows you to use an eye drop sampler in your Flex applications.
We have [...]

Flex 2 :: MDIPaneFX :: not a pain

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

Hey,
While I am at it before I get lost again, check these two screen shots out of my mdi pane.
Here we have a fully dragable tab pane. You can set the position of the tab bar to all positions, top, left, right, bottom. Full flow layout implemented.
You can drag a tab out and into a [...]

Flex 2 :: DeskTopFX :: The flex desktop component

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

Hi,
Well as you can see from my nill posts, this seems to be a consistent theme for me right now but, there is good reason. I have spent the last 5 months creating a framework that will enable some very complex applications with the flip of a switch.
The DeskTopFX component really is only a piece [...]