http://www.blog.teotigraphix.com Components are the building blocks of our Universe, that is why I make them! Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:26:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello all, Been a while but, I have been working in the labs for quite some time (8 months to be exact), I guess just waiting for this current US presidency to END! Always like molasses in the end. Anyway, I have written some short tutorials and other adventure notes from my ... http://www.blog.teotigraphix.com/2008/06/16/teoti-graphix-llc-is-back-in-town/ Hi, Through the years (man, it's been years now since Flex was released), I have seen a lot of confusion about container scroll bars. The confusion summed up; Developers have a child container within a parent. The child container's measuredHeight exceeds the parent's viewable height. The parent container then EXPANDS itself to make ... http://www.blog.teotigraphix.com/2008/05/05/minwidth-and-minheight-in-the-mxcorecontainer/ Hi, Back from the lab and we have a great component release, the DockAreaFX. Product Page Update, New Product The DockAreaFX set is a new product that is well worth a look. The DockAreaFX is a very powerful, extendable and simple to use drag and drop container set. The set consists of the DockAreaFX ... http://www.blog.teotigraphix.com/2007/11/06/flex-dockareafx-dock-and-float-container-release/ Order and logic rule our consciousness, thus seeing a template in a framework comes natural for me, I love order. What is a fork relating in a framework? When creating abstract superclasses that rely on subclasses to fill in details we need forks. A micro routine in a macro ... http://www.blog.teotigraphix.com/2007/09/26/flex-framework-forks-and-subclasses/ Hi, I have seen a couple posts on flexcoders about the Adobe Dev Center's rotating UI at the bottom of the page. Check out RotatingListFX Product to see how well an encapsulated custom component can create that functionality plus a whole bunch more. This component is a container that you create children in just ... http://www.blog.teotigraphix.com/2007/09/19/flex-rotatinglistfx-adobe-dev-center/ Hi, Have you ever felt like you were a dog chasing it's tail when programming? One of the main things I have learned from creating Flex applications is create and destroy. Creation :: You create a plan on paper and map out what happens to who and where. Then you go to implement ... http://www.blog.teotigraphix.com/2007/06/21/flex-refactoring-cycles/ 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 ... http://www.blog.teotigraphix.com/2007/06/19/flex-invalidatethis-big-bird/ 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 ... http://www.blog.teotigraphix.com/2007/05/08/flex-commitproperties-a-components-state-queue/ 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 ... http://www.blog.teotigraphix.com/2007/03/20/flex-2-eyedropper-gradients-and-container-components/ 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 ... http://www.blog.teotigraphix.com/2007/01/18/flex-2-mdipanefx-not-a-pain/