AV for Flash Builder 102 - Working with Layout Containers

Create flexible and scalable app layouts by using Layout Containers in Flash Builder 4.6... Trainer and one-time star Adobe Evangelist Duane Nickull starts this course by giving you a solid grounding in Component Theory. Next, you’ll learn how to use powerful Navigator components like the Accordion & ButtonBar and manipulate these components with ease! You’ll also learn how to implement Window Controls to create flexible, clean and professional window layouts. The best part of this course is when Duane shows you how to build a simple yet fully functional Rich Text Word Processor app using the richTextEditor Halo component – in just 3 straightforward tutorials! By the end of this course, you’ll have numerous clear and logical code samples to refer to that will give you the confidence to start laying out your Flash Builder apps right away! Table of contents: 1. An Introduction to Components 2. Component Theory 3. Introducing Navigator Components 4. Exploring the Tabbed Navigator 5. The Accordion Component 6. The ViewStack Component Explained 7. Controlling ViewStack Behavior 8. Introduction to the ButtonBar and Layout Containers 9. Setting up Basic ButtonBar Components 10. Programming and Testing the ButtonBar 11. Working with Window Containers in Flash Builder 12. Component Layout in a Parent Window 13. Relative versus Absolute Layout for Flexibility 14. Completing and Testing the Flexible Layout 15. Setting Native Window Options 16. Creating New Windows: The makeWindow() Function 17. Controlling Windows: The setCoords() Function 18. Closing Windows: The closeWindow() Function 19. Setting up the RichTextEditor Component 20. Giving the RichText Editor “Save” Functionality 21. Completing and Testing the RichTextEditor App