Where To Next - MACROMEDIA FLEX-GETTING STARTED WITH FLEX Getting Started

Feature
Behaviors
Event model
Style sheets
Managers
Development
tools
Deployment
tools

Where to next

This book contains an introduction to Flex and an overview of developing Flex applications. The
Developing Flex Applications book contains detailed information about these topics. For more
information, see the following:
•
For information on MXML and ActionScript, see
and Chapter 3, "Using ActionScript," on page
•
For information on using Flex components, see Chapter 1, "Using Flex Components," in
Developing Flex Applications.
•
For information on developing custom components, see Chapter 15, "Building an Application
with Multiple MXML Files", and Chapter 18, "Creating ActionScript Components," in
Developing Flex Applications.
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Description
Enhances the user
experience through
animation, motion,
sound, and effects.
Occurrences that require
a response from a Flex
application. User events
include a mouse click or
a key press. System
events include
application initialization.
Standard mechanism for
declaring styles.
Provides support for
high-level application
tasks.
Used to develop Flex
applications.
Used to deploy your Flex
applications.
Details
A behavior is a trigger, typically a user action, paired with
an effect:
• Effects include: Dissolve, Fade, Move, Pause, Resize,
WipeDown, WipeLeft, WipeRight, WipeUp.
• Triggers include: focusIn, focusOut, hide, move, resize,
mouseDown, mouseOver, mouseOut, mouseUp,
show.
dragBegin
dragComplete
dragDrop
dragEnter
dragExit
focusIn
focusOut
initialize
Used for controlling color, font, sizing, and other
attributes of Flex components.
• Drag and Drop Manager lets you move data from one
place in an application to another.
• Cursor Manager lets you control the cursor image
within your Flex application.
• History Manager lets users navigate through a Flex
application using the web browser's Back and
Forward navigation commands.
• ToolTipManager displays hints when the user moves
the mouse over a Flex control.
Debugger
ActionScript Profiler
Player detection
Content caching
Chapter 2, "Using MXML," on page
43.
keyDown
keyUpresize
mouseDown
mouseUp
move
show
and more
Flex Builder
Deferred instantiation
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