Macromedia flex 2 Manual

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Index

A

accessibility, custom components 170
ActionScript

classpath  65
coding practices  25
custom components 21
defining components 121
distributing components as  69

Application object, accessing 101

B

behaviors

in applications 227
defining custom effects 233

Bindable metadata keyword 49

C

class hierarchy 15
class statement 28
classes

extending classes and subclasses 16
hierarchy for components 15, 122

classpath, ActionScript 65
commitProperties() method 158, 159
compiling

about 63
compc 64
mxmlc 64
web-tier compiler 65

component instantiation life cycle 150
components

class hierarchy 15, 122
compound 172
getters and setters 30, 96

composite MXML components 81
compound components 172
constructor

about 28
implementing 157

createChildren() method 157
creating components

adding events 143
extending a class 16
using metadata statements 47

CSS

inheritance 184
setting styles 185

custom components

best practices 172
compound 172
metadata 47
types 21
versioning 171

custom effect trigger 247
custom effects

creating 228
factory and instance classes 228

custom events, dispatching 38,  142
custom properties, data binding  132
custom, formatting  208

D

data binding

custom properties 132
in custom properties 99

data validation 217
data, custom formatters 208
default property 130
DefaultProperty metadata keyword 55
deferred creation 199