//In this Quick Tip on the Flash Professional Components we will be taking a look at the ComboBox and the DataGrid. Brief Overview In the demo SWF you’ll see a ComboBox and a DataGrid. Choosing a state from the ComboBox… Read More

Twice a month, we revisit some of our readers’ favorite posts from throughout the history of Activetuts+. This tutorial was first published in August, 2009.… In this tutorial we’ll look at how to create a logo which incorporates alpha gradient Read More

In this Quick Tip, I will show you how to build a contact form using PHP and ActionScript 3. We’ll learn how to pass variables from Flash to PHP and alert the owner by sending either an email or an… Read More

Twice a month, we revisit some of our readers’ favorite posts from throughout the history of Activetuts+. This tutorial was first published in July, 2009.… A fluid web layout uses 100% width (and height) of the browser, floating all the Read More

The following example shows how you can set the header height on a Spark Panel container in Flex 4 by setting the height property on the Panel container’s titleDisplay skin part. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2010/07/25/setting-the-header-height-on-a-spark-panel-container-in-flex-4/ --> <s:Application name="Spark_Panel_titleDisplay_height_test" xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"… Read More

If you’d like to download the file used in this tutorial to practice these techniques, visit www.layersmagazine.com and navigate to the Magazine section. All files are for personal use only. At some point, nearly every Flash application needs to access… Read More

The following example shows how you can change the header text color on a Spark Panel container in Flex 4 by setting the color style on the titleDisplay skin part. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2010/04/30/changing-the-header-text-color-on-a-spark-panel-container-in-flex-4/ --> <s:Application name="Spark_Panel_titleDisplay_color_test" xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"… Read More

Well, hey there, hearty ActionScript Journeyman! You’ve traversed many a strange landscape so far over the last 6 months, but if all went according to plan, you emerged stronger and readier to face the next challenge. Here with the 7th… Read More