Flex”i”MMI

is the total number of downloads, reached today, for the GradientCanvas component, from version 1.0 to the last one. I’m really proud of this result because 1000 downloads in 7 months (the 1st version has been published the 13th of march) means almost 5 downloads per day. And from my own perspective, at my “dimension”, this is a great performance.

I got lots of good feedbacks and I hope that this component is really helpful and convenient for everybody. Once again, don’t hesitate to send me feedbacks or enhancement ideas (on this component and on everything else actually).

I would be also very happy to post some samples of yours. So if you wish to share your configuration, send it to me and I will post it with a live sample or a link to the site where it can be seen.

(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

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Written by Arnaud
Tags: Component, Flex, GradientCanvas

I release the version 2 of my GradientCanvas component today. The version 2 adds the following features :

• borders with fully customizable color gradients
• multigradient backgrounds in your canvas

If you have already used the 1st version, you just need to add the new property "colorsConfiguration" in your code to make it compliant. This property is an array containing the number of colors of each gradient composing the background of the canvas. And don’t forget to use alphas to show lower gradients ;).

You can use the great new Style Explorer for this component here: Explorer

12.12.2008 - A new version of the component is available in a package containing the main Flex containers with background and border gradients of colors:

The set of GradientComponents: GradientComponents.

Or you can still download the source of the GradientCanvas only: Gradient Canvas.

I will stop my work on this component for a moment but don’t hesitate to provide feedback or suggestions for next versions.

Have fun !

(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5)

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Written by Arnaud
Tags: Component, Flex, GradientCanvas, GradientComponents

I needed a canvas with customizable background colors. I found a few examples and sources on the web but I was not satisfied enough with them, so I decided to build my own one.

GradientCanvas extends mx:Canvas by creating a customizable background gradient of colors. The class adds styles to the mx:Canvas and has a simple structure as it draws a rounded rectangle in the overriden updateDisplayList() function. This allows to take advantage of both beginGradientFill and drawRoundRectComplex options: type of gradient, ratios, rotations, offsets, corner radius settings…)

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Written by Arnaud
Tags: Component, GradientCanvas