Flex入门的好书——《Flex3 Cookbook 中文版》

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中文目录：

第一章. Flex和ActionScript基础 (常青)

1.1节. 用Flex Builder创建Flex项目

1.2节. 用Flex Builder创建Flex库项目

1.3节. 创建ActionScript项目

1.4节. 在Flex Builder中设置MXML编译器参数

1.5节. 在Flex Builder外编译Flex项目

1.6节. 在MXML中添加事件

1.7节. 设置MXML的子节点属性

1.8节. 定义对象数组

1.9节. 在ActionScript中设置变量作用域

1.10节. 在ActionScript中创建组件

1.11节. 使用事件冒泡机制

1.12节. 使用代码隐藏模式分离MXML和ActionScript

1.13节. 组件属性绑定

1.14节. 使用自定义事件以及事件数据传递

1.15节. 监听键盘事件

1.16节. 定义方法参数

1.17节. 检测对象数据类型

1.18节. 接口的定义和实现

第二章. 控件与菜单 (Native|eas)

2.1节. 监听按钮点击

2.2节. 创建一组状态按钮

2.3节. 使用ColorPicker设置Canvas颜色

2.4节. 通过SWFLoader载入SWF

2.5节. 设置组件标签索引

2.6节. 设置控件的labelFunction

2.7节. 提供菜单数据

2.8节. 动态填充菜单

2.9节. 为菜单类控件创建事件处理函数

2.10节. 显示一个通知窗口

2.11节. 使用Calendar控件数据

2.12节. 弹出式窗口的显示与位置

2.13节. 自定义弹出式窗口边框

2.14节. 处理focusIn和focusOut事件

第三章. 容器 (Nigel)

3.1节. 使用布局管理器管理容器子节点位置

3.2节. 用百分比设置容器的大小和位置

3.3节. 用不同的坐标系统跟踪鼠标位置

3.4节. 动态添加和删除容器子节点

3.5节. 使用容器的约束布局

3.6节. 设置容器子节点尺寸的最大值和最小值

3.7节. 设定容器的约束行和约束列

3.8节. 使用约束器为文本框创建布局流程

3.9节. 控制容器内的滚动和溢出

3.10节. 控制Box组件的布局

3.11节. 容器的初始化

3.12节. 创建TitleWindow

3.13节. 用LinkBar控制ViewStack

3.14节. 绑定ViewStack的当前索引到变量上

3.15节. 使用延迟实例化来提高启动时间

3.16节. 创建和控制可变大小的容器

3.17节. 创建，启动和禁止TabNavigator的TabControls

3.18节. 创建带关闭标签的TabNavigator

3.19节. 创建和控制一个通知窗口

3.20节. 基于调用其组件的对话框大小和位置

3.21节. 管理弹出式对话框

3.22节. 滚动到容器内的指定子节点

3.23节. 使用IDeferredInstance创建一个模板

3.24节. 手动布局容器

3.25节. 测量并通知容器大小

3.26节. 控制子节点的可视化和布局

3.27节. 使用简单的重组创建一个平铺容器

3.28节. 设置HBox的背景和圆角

3.29节. 控制子组件的位置和滚动

第四章. 文本 (ω草·衣·薰)

4.1节. 正确设置Text对象的值

4.2节. 绑定一个数值到TextInput上

4.3节. 创建一个带自动提示的TextInput

4.4节. 创建一个自适应编辑器

4.5节. 检测用户电脑上已安装的所有字体

4.6节. 创建自定义TextInput

4.7节. 设置一段文本的Style属性

4.8节. 在Html中显示图像和SWF

4.9节. 在搜索域中高亮显示用户输入的文本

4.10节. 操作字符作为各自图形

4.11节. 为TextField中的HTML指定样式

4.12节. 使用RichTextEditor

4.13节. 在HTML中嵌入字体

4.14节. 为Text组件的文本添加阴影

4.15节. 找出TextArea中最后被显示的字符

第五章. Lists，Tiles和Trees (桃之夭夭)

5.1节. 创建一个可编辑的List

5.2节. 为List的某项设置图标

5.3节. 为List的内容变更添加特效

5.4节. 为TileList创建一个项渲染器

5.5节. 为Tree设置XML数据

5.6节. 为Tree创建项渲染器

5.7节. 在Tree控件中使用复杂数据对象

5.8节. 只允许List的某一项可被选中

5.9节. 为List的项编辑器添加格式化和验证

5.10节. 跟踪TileList中所以被选中的子节点

5.11节. 使用和显示项渲染器的NULL项

5.12节. 为List创建右键菜单

5.13节. 自定义List被选中项的外观

第六章. DataGrid和高级DataGrid (常青)

6.1节. 为DataGrid创建自定义列

6.2节. 为DataGrid列设定排序函数

6.3节. 启动多列排序

6.4节. 过滤项

6.5节. 为AdvancedDataGrid创建自定义表头

6.6节. 处理事件

6.7节. 选择项

6.8节. 启动DataGrid拖拽功能

6.9节. 编辑DataGrid某一项

6.10节. 在DataGrid中搜索并自动滚动到匹配项

6.11节. 使用群集对数据进行总结

6.12节. 为群集创建一个异步刷新

第七章. 渲染器和编辑器 (王平)

7.1节. 创建自己的渲染器

7.2节. 使用ClassFactory生成渲染器

7.3节. 访问设置自己渲染器的组件

7.4节. 创建一个简单的组件作为渲染器和编辑器

7.5节. 创建一个项编辑器来出来多个域的数据

7.6节. 使用项渲染器把SWF对象作为一个菜单项显示

7.7节. 用一个复选框渲染器选择DataGrid列

7.8节. 为DataGrid创建一个独立的复选框项渲染器

7.9节. 为渲染器设置高效图像

7.10节. 为项渲染器和项编辑器应用运行时样式

7.11节. 为项编辑器应用状态和变换

7.12节. 创建一个带复选框的Tree控件

7.13节. 改变List中的渲染器大小

第八章. 图像，位图，视频和声音 (ken)

8.1节. 载入并显示图像

8.2节. 创建视频显示

8.3节. Mp3文件的播放和暂停

8.4节. 为音频文件创建进度搜索条

8.5节. 融合两幅图像

8.6节. 将Convolution滤镜应用于图像

8.7节. 通过摄像头将视频发送到FMS实例

8.8节. 访问用户的麦克风并创建声音显示

8.9节. 在Flex程序中流畅播放视频

8.10节. 检测像素级别的碰撞

8.11节. 读取和保持用户的网络摄像头图像

8.12节. 在多幅图像中使用混合模式

8.13节. 处理FLV数据的提示点

8.14节. 创建视频播放进度条

8.15节. 读取mp3文件的ID3数据

8.16节. 在载入图像时显示自定义引导

8.17节. 启动图像上传

8.18节. 比较两幅位图

第九章. 皮肤与样式 (屋檐下)

9.1节. 用CSS定义组件样式

9.2节. 覆盖程序默认样式

9.3节. 嵌入CSS样式

9.4节. 覆盖通用样式属性

9.5节. 在运行时自定义样式

9.6节. 在运行时载入CSS

9.7节. 在运行时申明样式

9.8节. 自定义组件样式属性

9.9节. 在同一个程序中使用多个主题

9.10节. 编译主题SWC

9.11节. 使用嵌入字体

9.12节. 在SWF文件中嵌入字体

9.13节. 嵌入图像的皮肤

9.14节. 在SWF文件中嵌入皮肤

9.15节. 编程实现组件皮肤

9.16节. 编程实现状态控件的皮肤

9.17节. 创建动态皮肤

9.18节. 自定义引导界面

第十章. 拖拽操作 (小河)

10.1节. 使用DragManager类

10.2节. 指定一个Drag代理

10.3节. 在List内部进行拖拽操作

10.4节. 在List之间进行拖拽操作

10.5节. 启动和禁止拖操作

10.6节. 自定义列表类控件的拖动图像

10.7节. 自定义列表类控件的拽动指示器

第十一章. States(状态) (常青)

11.1节. 设置State的样式和属性

11.2节. 创建Transitions(转换)用于进入或退出States

11.3节. 使用AddChildAction和RemoveChildAction

11.4节. 过滤Transitions以便作用于某种类型的子节点

11.5节. 应用一部分Transition到某个子节点

11.6节. 建立在基本State上的State

11.7节. 通过HistoryManagement整合视图States

11.8节. 使用States延时实例化代理

11.9节. 在State中使用数据绑定

11.10节. 在State改变中添加和删除事件监听器

11.11节. 添加视图States到Flash组件上

11.12节. 处理State Change事件

11.13节. 动态生成并使用新的States和Transitions

11.14节. 在State中创建自定义行为

第十二章. 特效(Effects) (Flexer:Nigel)

12.1节. 在MXML和ActionScript中调用一个特效

12.2节. 构建自定义特效

12.3节. 创建平时执行序列和顺序执行序列的特效

12.4节. 暂停，反向和重启特效

12.5节. 创建自定义特效触发器

12.6节. 创建渐变特效

12.7节. 使用DisplacementMapFilter滤镜

12.8节. 创建AnimateColor特效

12.9节. 使用卷积滤镜创建一个渐变效果

第十三章. 集合 (常青)

13.1节. 添加，排序和反转ArrayCollection数据

13.2节. 过滤ArrayCollection

13.3节. 判定何时ArrayCollection的某数据项被修改

13.4节. 创建一个GroupingCollection

13.5节. 为控件创建一个分层的数据供应器

13.6节. 导航集合对象并保持当前位置

13.7节. 创建HierarchicalViewCollection对象

13.8节. 过滤和排序XMLListCollection

13.9节. 根据多个字段排序

13.10节. 根据日期排序

13.11节. 创建一个ArrayCollection的深度复制

13.12节. 通过唯一的ID使用数据对象

第十四章. 数据绑定 (Roast)

14.1节. 绑定到属性

14.2节. 绑定到函数

14.3节. 创建双向绑定

14.4节. 使用ActionScript绑定到属性

14.5节. 使用可绑定的属性链

14.6节. 使用E4X绑定XML到属性上

14.7节. 创建自定义可绑定属性

14.8节. 绑定到一个通用对象

14.9节. 在动态类上榜的属性

第十五章.验证，格式化和正则表达式 (tonyian)

15.1节. 使用在TextInput和TextArea控件上使用验证器和格式化器

15.2节. 创建自定义格式化器

15.3节. 通过正则表达式创建国际邮政编码验证器

15.4节. 创建一个验证器验证UPCs

15.5节. 验证组合框和一组单选框

15.6节. 在表单中通过TooTips显示验证错误信息

15.7节. 使用正则表达式定义Email地址

15.8节. 使用正则表达式匹配信用卡号码

15.9节. 使用正则表达式验证ISBNs

15.10节. 通过显示字符类创建正则表达式

15.11节. 在正则表达式中使用字符类型

15.12节. 使用子表达式验证合法的IP地址

15.13节. 使用正则表达式为不同类型进行匹配

15.14节. 使用正则表达式匹配行开头和结尾

15.15节. 使用逆向引用

15.16节. 使用正向查找和逆向查找

第十六章.图表 (Na)

第十七章.共享对象 (Native|eas)

第十八章.数据服务和服务端通信 (Native|eas)

第十九章.XML (tonyian)

第二十章.与浏览器通信 (Nigel)

第二十一章.开发策略 (ASer@欢乐学)

第二十二章.Modules和RSL (常青)

第二十三章.AIR (常青)

第二十四章.单元测试之FlexUnit (常青)

第二十五章. 编译和调试 (ASer@欢乐学)

第二十六章. 配置，国际化和打印

英文目录：

Chapter 1. Flex and ActionScript Basics

Recipe 1.1. Create a Flex Project in Flex Builder

Recipe 1.2. Create a Flex Library Project in Flex Builder

Recipe 1.3. Create an ActionScript Project

Recipe 1.4. Set Compiler Options for the MXML Compiler in Flex Builder

Recipe 1.5. Compile a Flex Project Outside of Flex Builder

Recipe 1.6. Add an Event Listener in MXML

Recipe 1.7. Set Properties of a Child Defined in MXML in ActionScript

Recipe 1.8. Define Arrays and Objects

Recipe 1.9. Set the Scope of Variables in ActionScript

Recipe 1.10. Create a Component in ActionScript

Recipe 1.11. Use Event Bubbling

Recipe 1.12. Use a Code-Behind Model to Separate MXML and ActionScript

Recipe 1.13. Make Properties of a Component Bindable

Recipe 1.14. Use Custom Events and Dispatch Data with Events

Recipe 1.15. Listen for a Keyboard Event

Recipe 1.16. Define Optional Parameters for Methods

Recipe 1.17. Determine the Type of an Object

Recipe 1.18. Define and Implement an Interface

Chapter 2. Menus and Controls

Recipe 2.1. Listen to a Button Click

Recipe 2.2. Create a Set of Buttons That Toggle

Recipe 2.3. Use a ColorPicker to Set Canvas Color

Recipe 2.4. Load a SWF by Using the SWFLoader

Recipe 2.5. Set Tab Indexes for Components

Recipe 2.6. Set a labelFunction for a Control

Recipe 2.7. Provide Data for Menus

Recipe 2.8. Dynamically Populate Menus

Recipe 2.9. Create EventHandlers for Menu-Based Controls

Recipe 2.10. Display an Alert in an Application

Recipe 2.11. Use the Date from a Calendar Control

Recipe 2.12. Display and Position Multiple Pop-ups

Recipe 2.13. Create a Custom Border for a Pop-up Window

Recipe 2.14. Handle focusIn and focusOut Events

Chapter 3. Containers

Recipe 3.1. Position Children by Using Layout Management

Recipe 3.2. Position and Size Containers via Percentage Positioning

Recipe 3.3. Track Mouse Position Within Different Coordinate Systems

Recipe 3.4. Dynamically Add and Remove Children from a Container

Recipe 3.5. Use Constraint-Based Layout for Containers

Recipe 3.6. Set Maximum and Minimum Sizes for Children Within Containers

Recipe 3.7. Specify Constraint Rows and Columns for a Container

Recipe 3.8. Create Layout Flows for Text Using Constraints

Recipe 3.9. Control Scrolling and Overflow Within Containers

Recipe 3.10. Control the Layout of Box Components

Recipe 3.11. Use Containers for Initialization

Recipe 3.12. Create a TitleWindow

Recipe 3.13. Control a ViewStack via a LinkBar

Recipe 3.14. Bind the Selected Index of a ViewStack to a Variable

Recipe 3.15. Use Delayed Instantiation to Improve Startup Time

Recipe 3.16. Create and Control Resizable Containers

Recipe 3.17. Create, Enable, and Disable TabControls Within a TabNavigator

Recipe 3.18. Create a TabNavigator with Closeable Tabs

Recipe 3.19. Create and Control an Alert

Recipe 3.20. Size and Position a Dialog Box Based on Its Calling Component

Recipe 3.21. Manage Multiple Pop-up Dialog Boxes

Recipe 3.22. Scroll to a Specific Child in a Container

Recipe 3.23. Create a Template Using IDeferredInstance

Recipe 3.24. Manually Lay Out a Container

Recipe 3.25. Measure and Alter Container Size

Recipe 3.26. Control the Visibility and Layout of Children

Recipe 3.27. Create a Tile Container with Simple Reorganization

Recipe 3.28. Set a Background Image and Rounded Corners in an HBox

Recipe 3.29. Control Positioning and Scrolling of Child Components

Chapter 4. Text

Recipe 4.1. Correctly Set the Value of a Text Object

Recipe 4.2. Bind a Value to TextInput

Recipe 4.3. Create a Suggestive TextInput

Recipe 4.4. Create an In-Place Editor

Recipe 4.5. Determine All Fonts Installed on a User’s Computer

Recipe 4.6. Create a Custom TextInput

Recipe 4.7. Set the Style Properties for Text Ranges

Recipe 4.8. Display Images and SWFs in HTML

Recipe 4.9. Highlight User-Input Text in a Search Field

Recipe 4.10. Manipulate Characters as Individual Graphics

Recipe 4.11. Specify Styles for HTML in a TextField

Recipe 4.12. Use the RichTextEditor

Recipe 4.13. Apply Embedded Fonts with HTML

Recipe 4.14. Add a Drop Shadow to Text in a Text Component

Recipe 4.15. Find the Last Displayed Character in a TextArea

Chapter 5. Lists, Tiles, and Trees

Recipe 5.1. Create an Editable List

Recipe 5.2. Set Icons for Items in a List

Recipe 5.3. Add Effects to a List to Indicate Changes

Recipe 5.4. Set a Basic Item Renderer for a TileList

Recipe 5.5. Set XML Data for a Tree

Recipe 5.6. Create an Item Renderer for a Tree

Recipe 5.7. Use Complex Data Objects in a Tree Control

Recipe 5.8. Allow Only Certain Items in a List to Be Selectable

Recipe 5.9. Format and Validate Data Added in a List’s Item Editor

Recipe 5.10. Track All Selected Children in a TileList

Recipe 5.11. Use and Display Null Items in an Item Renderer

Recipe 5.12. Create a Right-Click Menu for a List

Recipe 5.13. Customize the Appearance of a Selection in a List

Chapter 6. DataGrid and Advanced DataGrid

Recipe 6.1. Create Custom Columns for a DataGrid

Recipe 6.2. Specify Sort Functions for DataGrid Columns

Recipe 6.3. Enable Multicolumn Sorting in a DataGrid

Recipe 6.4. Filter Items in a DataGrid

Recipe 6.5. Create Custom Headers for an AdvancedDataGrid

Recipe 6.6. Handle Events from a DataGrid/AdvancedDataGrid

Recipe 6.7. Select Items in an AdvancedDataGrid

Recipe 6.8. Enable Drag-and-Drop in a DataGrid

Recipe 6.9. Edit Items in a DataGrid

Recipe 6.10. Search Within a DataGrid and Autoscroll to the Match

Recipe 6.11. Generate a Summary for Flat Data by Using GroupingCollection

Recipe 6.12. Create an Async Refresh for a GroupingCollection

Chapter 7. Renderers and Editors

Recipe 7.1. Create Your Own Renderers

Recipe 7.2. Use the ClassFactory to Generate Renderers

Recipe 7.3. Access the Component That Owns a Renderer

Recipe 7.4. Create a Single Component to Act as Renderer and Editor

Recipe 7.5. Create an Item Editor to Handle Data with Multiple Fields

Recipe 7.6. Display SWF Objects as Items in a Menu by Using an Item Renderer

Recipe 7.7. Select a DataGrid Column with a CheckBox Header Renderer

Recipe 7.8. Create a Self-Contained CheckBox itemRenderer for Use in a DataGrid

Recipe 7.9. Efficiently Set Images in a Renderer

Recipe 7.10. Use Runtime Styling with itemRenderers and itemEditors

Recipe 7.11. Use States and Transitions with an itemEditor

Recipe 7.12. Create a CheckBox Tree Control

Recipe 7.13. Resize Renderers Within a List

Chapter 8. Images, Bitmaps, Videos, Sounds

Recipe 8.1. Load and Display an Image

Recipe 8.2. Create a Video Display

Recipe 8.3. Play and Pause an MP3 File

Recipe 8.4. Create a Seek Bar for a Sound File

Recipe 8.5. Blend Two Images

Recipe 8.6. Apply a Convolution Filter to an Image

Recipe 8.7. Send Video to an FMS Instance via a Camera

Recipe 8.8. Access a User’s Microphone and Create a Sound Display

Recipe 8.9. Smooth Video Displayed in a Flex Application

Recipe 8.10. Check Pixel-Level Collisions

Recipe 8.11. Read and Save a User’s Webcam Image

Recipe 8.12. Use Blend Modes with Multiple Images

Recipe 8.13. Handle Cue Points in FLV Data

Recipe 8.14. Create a Video Scrubber

Recipe 8.15. Read ID3 Data from an MP3 File

Recipe 8.16. Display a Custom Loader while Loading Images

Recipe 8.17. Enable Image Upload in Flex

Recipe 8.18. Compare Two Bitmap Images

Chapter 9. Skinning and Styling

Recipe 9.1. Use CSS to Style Components

Recipe 9.2. Override the Default Application Style

Recipe 9.3. Embed Styles by Using CSS

Recipe 9.4. Override Base Style Properties

Recipe 9.5. Customize Styles at Runtime

Recipe 9.6. Load CSS at Runtime

Recipe 9.7. Declare Styles at Runtime

Recipe 9.8. Create Custom Style Properties for Components

Recipe 9.9. Use Multiple Themes in the Same Application

Recipe 9.10. Compile a Theme SWC

Recipe 9.11. Use Embedded Fonts

Recipe 9.12. Embed Fonts from a SWF File

Recipe 9.13. Skin with Embedded Images

Recipe 9.14. Apply Skins from a SWF File

Recipe 9.15. Programmatically Skin a Component

Recipe 9.16. Programmatically Skin a Stateful Control

Recipe 9.17. Create Animated Skins from a SWF File

Recipe 9.18. Customize the Preloader

Chapter 10. Dragging and Dropping

Recipe 10.1. Use the DragManager Class

Recipe 10.2. Specify a Drag Proxy

Recipe 10.3. Drag and Drop Within a List

Recipe 10.4. Drag and Drop Between Lists

Recipe 10.5. Enable and Disable Drag Operations

Recipe 10.6. Customize the DragImage of a List-Based Control

Recipe 10.7. Customize the Drop Indicator of a List-Based Control

Chapter 11. States

Recipe 11.1. Set Styles and Properties in a State

Recipe 11.2. Create Transitions to Enter and Leave States

Recipe 11.3. Use the AddChildAction and RemoveChildAction

Recipe 11.4. Filter Transitions to Affect Only Certain Types of Children

Recipe 11.5. Apply Parts of a Transition to Certain Children

Recipe 11.6. Base a State on Another State

Recipe 11.7. Integrate View States with HistoryManagement

Recipe 11.8. Use Deferred Instance Factories with States

Recipe 11.9. Use Data Binding with Objects Added in a State

Recipe 11.10. Add and Remove Event Listeners in State Changes

Recipe 11.11. Add View States to a Flash Component

Recipe 11.12. Work with State Change Events

Recipe 11.13. Dynamically Generate and Use New States and Transitions

Recipe 11.14. Create Custom Actions to Use in a State

Chapter 12. Effects

Recipe 12.1. Call an Effect in MXML and in ActionScript

Recipe 12.2. Build a Custom Effect

Recipe 12.3. Create Parallel Series or Sequences of Effects

Recipe 12.4. Pause, Reverse, and Restart an Effect

Recipe 12.5. Create Custom Effect Triggers

Recipe 12.6. Create Tween Effects

Recipe 12.7. Use the DisplacementMapFilter Filter in a Flex Effect

Recipe 12.8. Create an AnimateColor Effect

Recipe 12.9. Use the Convolution Filter to Create a Tween

Chapter 13. Collections

Recipe 13.1. Add, Sort, and Retrieve Data from an ArrayCollection

Recipe 13.2. Filter an ArrayCollection

Recipe 13.3. Determine When an Item Is Modified in an ArrayCollection

Recipe 13.4. Create a GroupingCollection

Recipe 13.5. Create a Hierarchical Data Provider for a Control

Recipe 13.6. Navigate a Collection Object and Save Your Position

Recipe 13.7. Create a HierarchicalViewCollection Object

Recipe 13.8. Filter and Sort an XMLListCollection

Recipe 13.9. Sort on Multiple Fields in a Collection

Recipe 13.10. Sort on Dates in a Collection

Recipe 13.11. Create a Deep Copy of an ArrayCollection

Recipe 13.12. Use Data Objects with Unique IDs

Chapter 14. Data Binding

Recipe 14.1. Bind to a Property

Recipe 14.2. Bind to a Function

Recipe 14.3. Create a Bidirectional Binding

Recipe 14.4. Bind to Properties by Using ActionScript

Recipe 14.5. Use Bindable Property Chains

Recipe 14.6. Bind to Properties on XML by Using E4X

Recipe 14.7. Create Customized Bindable Properties

Recipe 14.8. Bind to a Generic Object

Recipe 14.9. Bind to Properties on a Dynamic Class

Chapter 15. Validation, Formatting, and Regular Expressions

Recipe 15.1. Use Validators and Formatters with TextInput and TextArea Controls

Recipe 15.2. Create a Custom Formatter

Recipe 15.3. Create a More-International Zip Code Validator by Using Regular Expressions

Recipe 15.4. Create a Validator to Validate UPCs

Recipe 15.5. Validate Combo Boxes and Groups of Radio Buttons

Recipe 15.6. Show Validation Errors by Using ToolTips in a Form

Recipe 15.7. Use Regular Expressions for Locating Email Addresses

Recipe 15.8. Use Regular Expressions for Matching Credit Card Numbers

Recipe 15.9. Use Regular Expressions for Validating ISBNs

Recipe 15.10. Create Regular Expressions by Using Explicit Character Classes

Recipe 15.11. Use Character Types in Regular Expressions

Recipe 15.12. Match Valid IP Addresses by Using Subexpressions

Recipe 15.13. Use Regular Expressions for Different Types of Matches

Recipe 15.14. Match Ends or Beginnings of Lines with Regular Expressions

Recipe 15.15. Use Back-References

Recipe 15.16. Use a Look-Ahead or Look-Behind

Chapter 16. Charting

Recipe 16.1. Create a Chart

Recipe 16.2. Add Effects to Charts

Recipe 16.3. Select Regions of a Chart

Recipe 16.4. Format Tick Marks for a Chart

Recipe 16.5. Create a Custom Label for a Chart

Recipe 16.6. Create a Drill-Down Effect for a Columnar Chart

Recipe 16.7. Skin Chart Items

Recipe 16.8. Use ActionScript to Dynamically Add and Remove Columns for a Chart

Recipe 16.9. Overlap Multiple ChartSeries

Recipe 16.10. Drag and Drop Items in a Chart

Recipe 16.11. Create an Editable Line Chart

Chapter 17. SharedObjects

Recipe 17.1. Create a SharedObject

Recipe 17.2. Write Data into a SharedObject

Recipe 17.3. Save a Local SharedObject

Recipe 17.4. Read Data from a SharedObject

Recipe 17.5. Remove Data from a SharedObject

Recipe 17.6. Serialize Typed Objects

Recipe 17.7. Access a SharedObject Between Multiple Flash Applications

Recipe 17.8. Remember TextInput Values for Returning Users

Chapter 18. Working with Services and Server-Side Communication

Recipe 18.1. Configure an HTTPService

Recipe 18.2. Use RESTful Communication Between Flex Applications

Recipe 18.3. Configure and Connect to a RemoteObject

Recipe 18.4. Use Flex Remoting with AMFPHP 1.9

Recipe 18.5. Use the IExternalizable Interface for Custom Serialization

Recipe 18.6. Track Results from Multiple Simultaneous Service Calls

Recipe 18.7. Use Publish/Subscribe Messaging

Recipe 18.8. Register a Server-Side Data Type Within a Flex Application

Recipe 18.9. Communicate with a WebService

Recipe 18.10. Add a SOAP Header to a Request to a WebService

Recipe 18.11. Parse a SOAP Response from a WebService

Recipe 18.12. Communicate Securely with AMF by Using SecureAMFChannel

Recipe 18.13. Send and Receive Binary Data via a Binary Socket

Recipe 18.14. Communicate Using an XMLSocket

Chapter 19. XML

Recipe 19.1. Load an XML File

Recipe 19.2. Navigate an XML Document in E4X

Recipe 19.3. Use Regular Expressions in E4X Queries

Recipe 19.4. Add an XMLList to an XML Object

Recipe 19.5. Bind to an XMLList or an E4X Query

Recipe 19.6. Generate XML Objects from Arrays

Recipe 19.7. Handle Namespaces in XML Returned by a Service

Recipe 19.8. Encode an ActionScript Data Object as XML

Recipe 19.9. Populate a Component with Complex XML Data

Recipe 19.10. Decode XML from a Web Service into Strongly Typed Objects

Chapter 20. Browser Communication

Recipe 20.1. Link to an External URL

Recipe 20.2. Work with FlashVars

Recipe 20.3. Invoke JavaScript Functions from Flex

Recipe 20.4. Invoke ActionScript Functions from JavaScript

Recipe 20.5. Change the HTML Page Title via BrowserManager

Recipe 20.6. Parse the URL via BrowserManager

Recipe 20.7. Deep-Link to Data via BrowserManager

Recipe 20.8. Deep-Link Containers via BrowserManager

Recipe 20.9. Implement Custom History Management

Chapter 21. Development Strategies

Recipe 21.1. Use the Flex Component Kit to Create Components

Recipe 21.2. Use the ContainerMovieClip to Create Flex Containers in Flash

Recipe 21.3. Import Components from Flash CS3

Recipe 21.4. Get Started with the Cairngorm Architecture

Recipe 21.5. Create a Cairngorm View, Event, and Model

Recipe 21.6. Create Cairngorm Commands and a Business Delegate Class

Recipe 21.7. Create a Cairngorm FrontController and a ServiceLocator

Recipe 21.8. Generate an Application Structure with the Cairngen Framework Generator

Recipe 21.9. Learn Common Performance-Tuning Tricks

Recipe 21.10. Create Custom Metadata Properties for a Component

Chapter 22. Modules and Runtime Shared Libraries

Recipe 22.1. Create a Runtime Shared Library

Recipe 22.2. Use Cross-Domain Runtime Shared Libraries

Recipe 22.3. Use the Flex Framework as a Runtime Shared Library

Recipe 22.4. Optimize a Runtime Shared Library

Recipe 22.5. Create an MXML-Based Module

Recipe 22.6. Create an ActionScript-Based Module

Recipe 22.7. Load a Module by Using ModuleLoader

Recipe 22.8. Use ModuleManager to Load Modules

Recipe 22.9. Load Modules from Different Servers

Recipe 22.10. Communicate with a Module

Recipe 22.11. Pass Data to Modules by Using Query Strings

Recipe 22.12. Optimize Modules by Using Linker Reports

Chapter 23. The Adobe Integrated Runtime API

Recipe 23.1. Create an AIR Application Leveraging the Flex Framework

Recipe 23.2. Understand the AIR Command-Line Tools

Recipe 23.3. Open and Manage Native Windows

Recipe 23.4. Create Native Menus

Recipe 23.5. Read and Write to a File

Recipe 23.6. Serialize Objects

Recipe 23.7. Use the Encrypted Local Store

Recipe 23.8. Browse for Files

Recipe 23.9. Use the AIR File System Controls

Recipe 23.10. Use the Native Drag-and-Drop API

Recipe 23.11. Interact with the Operating System Clipboard

Recipe 23.12. Add HTML Content

Recipe 23.13. Cross-Script Between ActionScript and JavaScript

Recipe 23.14. Work with Local SQL Databases

Recipe 23.15. Detect and Monitor a Network Connection

Recipe 23.16. Detect User Presence

Recipe 23.17. Create System Tray and Dock Applications

Chapter 24. Unit Testing with FlexUnit

Recipe 24.1. Create an Application That Uses the FlexUnit Framework

Recipe 24.2. Create an Application to Run FlexUnit Tests

Recipe 24.3. Create a FlexUnit Test Case

Recipe 24.4. Add a Test Case to a Test Suite

Recipe 24.5. Run Code Before and After Every Test

Recipe 24.6. Share Test Data Between Test Cases

Recipe 24.7. Handle Events in a Test Case

Recipe 24.8. Test Visual Components with FlexUnit

Recipe 24.9. Install and Configure Antennae

Recipe 24.10. Generate Automated Test Suites

Chapter 25. Compiling and Debugging

Recipe 25.1. Use Trace Statements Without Flex Builder

Recipe 25.2. Use the Component Compiler

Recipe 25.3. Install the Flex Ant Tasks

Recipe 25.4. Use the compc and mxmlc Tasks in the Flex Ant Tasks

Recipe 25.5. Compile and Deploy Flex Applications That Use RSLs

Recipe 25.6. Create and Monitor Expressions in Flex Builder Debugging

Recipe 25.7. Install the Ant View in the Stand-Alone Version of Flex Builder

Recipe 25.8. Create an Ant Build File for Automating Common Tasks

Recipe 25.9. Compile a Flex Application by Using mxmlc and Ant

Recipe 25.10. Generate Documentation by Using ASDoc and Ant

Recipe 25.11. Compile Flex Applications by Using Rake

Recipe 25.12. Use ExpressInstall for Your Application

Recipe 25.13. Use Memory Profiling with Flex Builder 3 to View Memory Snapshots

Chapter 26. Configuration, Internationalization, and Printing

Recipe 26.1. Add an International Character Set to an Application

Recipe 26.2. Use a Resource Bundle to Localize an Application

Recipe 26.3. Use the ResourceManager for Localization

Recipe 26.4. Use Resource Modules for Localization

Recipe 26.5. Support IME Devices

Recipe 26.6. Detect a Screen Reader

Recipe 26.7. Create a Tabbing Reading Order for Accessibility

Recipe 26.8. Print Selected Items in an Application

Recipe 26.9. Format Application Content for Printing

Recipe 26.10. Control Printing of Unknown Length Content over Multiple Pages

Recipe 26.11. Add a Header and a Footer When Printing