Using Flex Builder 2

Contents......Page 3
What you can do with Flex Builder......Page 7
Flex Builder versions......Page 8
Flex Builder configurations......Page 9
Managing Flex licenses......Page 10
Typographical conventions......Page 11
Getting Started with Flex Builder......Page 13
How to get started using Flex and Flex Builder documentation......Page 15
Getting the most from the Flex and Flex Builder documentation......Page 17
Accessing the Flex Builder documentation......Page 18
Accessing additional online Flex Builder resources......Page 19
Opening Help......Page 20
Selecting the scope of the search......Page 21
Changing the Help viewer font size......Page 22
Using the Flex Start page......Page 23
Discussing the Flex and Flex Builder documentation with LiveDocs......Page 24
Flex Builder basics......Page 25
About Flex Builder editors......Page 27
Code hinting......Page 28
Code formatting......Page 29
About Flex Builder perspectives......Page 30
The Flex Builder editors......Page 31
The Navigator view......Page 32
The Problems view......Page 33
The Flex Development perspective in Design mode......Page 34
The States view......Page 35
The Outline view in Design mode......Page 36
The Flex Debugging perspective......Page 37
The Breakpoints view......Page 38
The Variables view......Page 39
Other useful workbench views......Page 40
The Bookmarks view......Page 41
Workbench menus, toolbars, and shortcuts......Page 42
The workbench toolbar......Page 43
The MXML editor toolbar......Page 44
Extending the Flex Builder workbench......Page 45
Flex Builder Basics......Page 47
Working with Projects......Page 49
Understanding Flex Builder projects......Page 50
Flex 2 projects......Page 52
Projects in the Navigator view......Page 53
About project resource types......Page 54
Selecting the Flex project configuration......Page 56
Creating a Flex ColdFusion Flash Remoting service project......Page 57
Creating a Flex Data Services project......Page 58
Setting optional project properties......Page 59
Managing projects......Page 60
Setting Flex project properties......Page 61
Moving a project from one workspace to another......Page 62
Closing and opening projects......Page 63
Managing project application files......Page 64
Managing project resources......Page 65
Creating folders and files in a project......Page 66
Importing resources into a project......Page 67
Moving resources between projects in a workspace......Page 69
Linking to resources outside the project workspace......Page 70
Using a path variable to link to resources......Page 71
Adding resource folders to the project source path......Page 72
About ActionScript projects......Page 73
Creating ActionScript projects......Page 74
Creating an ActionScript class......Page 75
Creating an ActionScript interface......Page 77
About library projects......Page 78
Create the Flex library project......Page 79
Selecting library project elements to include in the SWC file......Page 80
Using SWC files in your projects......Page 81
Working with perspectives......Page 83
Switching between perspectives......Page 84
Creating a customized perspective......Page 85
Deleting a customized perspective......Page 86
Opening views......Page 87
Switching between views......Page 88
Filtering the Tasks and Problems views......Page 89
Opening files for editing......Page 90
Editing files outside the workbench......Page 91
Maximizing a view or editor......Page 92
Rearranging the main toolbar......Page 93
About changing fonts......Page 94
Changing fonts......Page 95
Controlling single- and double-click behavior......Page 96
Searching for files......Page 97
Using the Search view......Page 98
Setting workbench preferences......Page 99
Developing a Flex Application User Interface......Page 101
Building a Flex User Interface......Page 103
About the structure of Flex user interfaces......Page 104
Adding components visually......Page 106
Adding components by writing code......Page 108
Adding Flash components (SWC files)......Page 109
Using the MXML editor in Design mode......Page 110
Selecting multiple components in an MXML file......Page 111
Positioning components......Page 112
Sizing components......Page 113
Using snapping to position components......Page 114
Aligning components......Page 115
Nudging components......Page 116
Setting component properties......Page 117
Applying CSS styles to components......Page 118
Showing surrounding containers......Page 121
Inspecting the structure of your MXML......Page 122
Deleting components......Page 123
About constraint-based layouts......Page 124
Inserting and positioning components in the layout......Page 126
Setting layout constraints for components......Page 127
Creating layouts in navigator containers......Page 129
Letting users select a view in a ViewStack container......Page 131
Adding data provider controls......Page 132
Adding charting components......Page 134
About view states and transitions......Page 137
Creating a view state......Page 139
Creating a state based on an existing state......Page 140
Switching states at run time......Page 141
Deleting a view state......Page 143
Creating a transition......Page 144
About Flex behaviors......Page 147
Creating a behavior for a component......Page 148
About the uses of custom components......Page 151
Creating MXML components visually......Page 152
Designing components visually......Page 154
Distributing custom components......Page 155
Programming Flex Applications......Page 157
Code Editing in Flex Builder......Page 159
Understanding code editing in Flex Builder......Page 160
About Content Assist......Page 162
Using Content Assist......Page 165
Folding and unfolding code blocks......Page 166
Using the Outline view to navigate and inspect code......Page 167
Outline view in Class mode......Page 168
Outline view in MXML mode......Page 169
Using Quick Outline view in the editor......Page 170
Browsing and opening types......Page 171
Formatting code......Page 172
Manually indenting code blocks......Page 173
About markers......Page 174
Navigating markers......Page 175
Adding tasks......Page 176
Adding and deleting bookmarks......Page 177
About syntax error checking......Page 178
Using the Problems view......Page 179
Code editing keyboard shortcuts......Page 180
Building Projects......Page 183
Understanding how projects are built......Page 184
Enabling and disabling automatic builds......Page 188
Modifying a project’s build path......Page 189
Creating a path variable......Page 190
Building projects manually......Page 191
Changing the project build order......Page 193
Publishing application source code......Page 195
Adding the view source menu to ActionScript projects......Page 197
Understanding running and debugging applications in Flex Builder......Page 199
Running your applications......Page 201
Creating or editing a launch configuration......Page 203
Changing the default web browser......Page 205
Debugging your applications......Page 206
Adding and removing breakpoints......Page 207
Managing breakpoints in the Breakpoints view......Page 208
Disabling breakpoints......Page 209
Managing the debugging session in the Debug view......Page 210
Managing variables in the Variables view......Page 211
Using the Expressions view......Page 212
Data-driven controls and containers......Page 215
Data binding......Page 216
Data validation......Page 217
Data services......Page 218
Managing Flash Player security......Page 219
Setting up a proxy to access remote data......Page 220
Setting up Flex Builder to use a proxy for accessing remote data......Page 221
Setting project properties......Page 223
Setting project compiler properties......Page 224
Setting run-time web browser properties......Page 225
Setting Flex and ActionScript project build path properties......Page 226
Setting Flex library project build path properties......Page 227
Setting Flex server properties......Page 228
Using Flex Builder views......Page 229
Custom category......Page 230
Controls category......Page 231
Layout category......Page 234
Navigators category......Page 235
Charts category......Page 236
Navigator view......Page 238
States view......Page 239
Creating project resources......Page 240
Setting the New ActionScript Class dialog box options......Page 241
Setting the New ActionScript Interface dialog box options......Page 242
Setting the New MXML Component dialog box options......Page 243
Setting editor preferences......Page 244
Setting MXML editor preferences......Page 245
Setting CSS editor preferences......Page 246
Setting MXML Code Assist preferences......Page 247
Setting running and debugging preferences......Page 248
Setting launch preferences......Page 249
Setting Console view preferences......Page 250
Setting Run/Debug preferences......Page 251
Setting Flex debugging preferences......Page 252
Index......Page 253