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sugru - self-setting rubber that can be formed by hand

posted in Inspiration on 2013-02-20   setting rubber hand formed sugru silicone rubber overnight flexible silicone rubber strong flexible silicone play dough bonds turns moulds exciting

sugru is the exciting new self-setting rubber that can be formed by hand. It moulds like play-dough, bonds to almost anything and turns into a strong, flexible silicone rubber overnight.

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AS3: Using custom Metadata in Flex (part 1)

posted in ActionScript on 2010-12-28   metadata public flex mycustomclass information metadata tags tag as3 flash utils describetype public function mycustomclass

I'm sure that you've already used metadata tags in your flex applications. There are several reserved keywords like [Bindable], [Embed], [Event] and so on (the full list is available here). The function of the metadata tags is to provide additional information to the flex compiler. For example information about embeding assets, dispatching events. This article doesn't explain how to use the default flex tags (you can learn that from here). It shows you how to create your own metadata tags and how to use them.

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Code Flex applications with FlashDevelop

posted in ActionScript on 2010-06-07   flashdevelop flex project project9 press f5 project select flex property8 choose project location property8 choose sdk location property8 flex sdk location change flex sdk
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Flex: tabbing bug

posted in ActionScript on 2009-09-29   swf jeff depascale attach swf jeff deactivate attach swf focusmanager deactivate attach tabenabled focusmanager deactivate tabchildren tabenabled focusmanager tabindex tabchildren tabenabled set tabindex tabchildren flex set tabindex embed flex set tab ordering swf swf embed flex
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Flex DataGrid vertical scrolling bug

posted in ActionScript on 2009-09-09   datagrid data_change listener datagrid flexevent data_change listener invalidateproperties flexevent data_change itemrenderer invalidateproperties flexevent itemrenderer itemrenderer invalidateproperties custom itemrenderer itemrenderer datagrid custom itemrenderer
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