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• PDF Portfolio Navigational TOC
  • Christy Taylor 
  •   March 20, 2012
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  Problem

  How can I make my PDF Portfolio open automatically in a two-panel that displays my a TOC/Agenda PDF on left that links to the other PDFs in my Portfolio in the panel that appears on the right.

  Solution

  PDF Portfolio SDK, ActionScript, and Flash?

• Using Camera with a MediaContainer instead of VideoDisplay
  • Justin Buser 
  •   February 9, 2012
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  Problem

  Unlike the previous MX version, the spark VideoDisplay component has no attachCamera function. The only other examples of Camera usage I have found have all revolved around attaching to a Video object. The problem is that this means you have to handle all the sizing etc... manually.

  Solution

  You can create a simple custom MediaElement class and add it to a MediaContainer in a custom UIComponent which will handle all of the sizing issues. This can be included via mxml in the same way VideoDisplay is.

• Digital Clock
  • Akhil Mittal 
  •   February 9, 2012
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  Problem

  I need a simple digital clock, but did not find any such standard component. Then using Timer and Date class I tried to create a Digital Clock in ActionScript.

  Solution

  I used Timer and Date class to implement this clock. The clock also has the functionality to dispatch events for (every second, every minute, every hour). This clock can be extended to add other functionality as well.

• Date calculations using 'out-of-the-box' functions
  • Robert Petz 
  •   December 12, 2011
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  Problem

  You wish to add date parts to your date without writing your own utility function to do so. (i.e. add 7 days to your date quickly)

  Solution

  Utilize the DateTimeFunc utilities from Flex's Fiber.swc

• Using Flex validators in a Flash Catalyst project?
  • Chris Griffith 
  •   November 7, 2011
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  Problem

  I would like to see an example that shows how to use Flex validators in Flash Catalyst project. For instance a contact layout made in Flash Catalyst and adding validators, like an EmailValidator, on the text input fields in Flash Builder.

  Solution

  Validators only display an outline frame in WireFrame mode, you need to change the Flex Theme to Spark for validators to display correctly.