Adobe Flex 3: Training from the Source

Chapter 16. Customizing the Look and Feel of a Flex Application

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In this lesson, you will:

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Learn how Flex applications are styled

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Set styles via tag attributes

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Learn about inheritable style properties

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Set styles via the <mx:Style> tag

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Set styles via CSS files

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Create a custom skin for components

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This lesson takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete.

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Media Files:

• Lesson16/assets/flexGrocer.css

Starting Files:

• Lesson16/start/EComm.mxml

• Lesson16/start/views/ecomm/BillingInfo.mxml ...