It seems that there is a 127 maximum font size for (at least) label and textArea. If you set fontSize larger than that it will stay at 127. Very annoying. (Ugly) workaround: use scaleX and scaleY to make text bigger. I wanted a fontsize of 170, so I divided it by 2 and made my [...

Here’s an opportunity to complain about the tool we all love… http://www.flexcommunity.net/node/5 Mine are (to start with), 1)weak HTML support 2)not-very-cascading CSS support addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fblog.flexcommunity.

Displaying Paypal IPN payment data in Adobe Flex via AMFPHP This article explains how to access paypal payment data sent from IPN (instant payment notification) to a MySQL database using AMHPHP and displayed in a Flex front-end. The end result in this example is a fully customizable packing slip application that can search the database, display [...

This is a slight modification of the Flash Typewriter effect found here: sample (right click for source) addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fblog.flexcommunity.net%2F%3Fp%3D42'; addthis_title = 'Flex+ActionScript+3.

Creating a Flex photo gallery with robust web-based admin This is a method of using the SlideShowPro Director backend and integrating it with a Flex-built photo gallery http://slideshowpro.net/products/slideshowpro_director/slideshowpro_director screenshot: Here’s a (very simple) example of a gallery: (right click for source) http://www.actionfiguremusic.com/sspTester/ Here’s another example addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fblog.flexcommunity.

(A Flash CS3 FLV player integrated into Flex 3) Sample right click for source This is a method of taking Flash CS3 assets (whether they be flash components, timeline animations or other assets) and creating Flex components from them. These can then be used in Flex and their properties and methods accessed directly from the flex [...