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<allNews>

<news>

<marqee id="1">Diego Maradona's unsurpassed skill gives him the ability to be unpredictable and change direction at any given time. </marqee>

<more>http://www.hotmail.com</more>

</news>

<news>

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</marqee>

<more>http://www.google.com</more>

</news>

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</allNews>

Macromedia Flex 2.0

A couple of days ago, i started woking on flex 2.0 and i discoverd how to use the AC3(action script 3) and how to use the components..

I thing the the program is very good, yet it's still and alpha1 version.

this software uses the same components that i used to use in flash8 in addition to some new ones..

i wondered how to wok with them..knowing that the work area is defferent than flash..

no timeline...it's more like Visual studio..

this software uses XML as a base for its code...

for example:

in this sample i need to work with 2 components (textInput and a button)

i drag 2 textInput components to the stage and a button..

what i need to do is when i press on the btn, the text in textInput1 get copied to textinput2..

here is the code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>          //normal XMl file beginning

<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2005/mxml">   //specify mx application

    <mx:TextInput id="src" text="Hello World!"/>        //the first text field

    <mx:Button label="Copy" click="dest.text = src.text"/>       //check the click action

    <mx:TextInput id="dest"/>  //the second text field

</mx:Application>

Using special characters

Special characters are any characters that might confuse the XML parser. The contents of <mx:Script> tags are treated as XML by Flex, but Flex does not parse text in a CDATA construct so that you can use XML-parsed characters such as angle brackets (< and >) and ampersand (&). For example, the following script that includes a less than (<) comparison must be in a CDATA construct:

<mx:Script>
    <![CDATA[

        function changeText() {
            var x:Number = 1;
            if (x<3) {
                ta1.text = "Hello world";
            }
        } 
    ]]>
</mx:Script>

that's it for now...

i hope i was usefull.

CHESS MASTER

ActionScript 3.0 is a powerful, ECMAScript-standard object-oriented programming language that marks an important evolution of the language and capabilities of the Flash Platform. Though other Macromedia products will follow, the Flex 2 product line , including the new Eclipse-based Flex Builder 2 IDE, will be the first product line to access the new capabilities of ActionScript 3.0.

A number of additions to ActionScript 3.0 are straightforward to discover and use, and make programming significantly easier than in previous versions. For example, by repackaging commonly used classes and objects as more easily-accessible APIs, we’ve provided faster, more direct access to the functionality you need for your applications. Other additions, like regular expressions and E4X support, make working with XML much faster and more natural. The new ActionScript Virtual Machine (AVM2) runs ActionScript 3.0 code, and includes an optimized compiler, redesigned from the ground up to run applications even faster. Lastly, an improved Flash Player API includes objects and functions to access player-specific functionality.

Learn more about ActionScript 3.0 by reading ActionScript 3.0 Overview.

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