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ASTRA Galore: New Flash and Flex Components

To paraphrase Mr. Rogers, “It’s a wonderful day in the Flash neighborhood!”. There’s nothing make-believe about this day, though, so allow us to don our cardigans and fill you in. Our ASTRA library of components has just been updated with three new Flash components and seven (yeah, we are serious about this) new Flex components, as well as some important updates to the existing ones. Here’s the lowdown:

New Flash components:

• AlertManager — a user interface component that creates alert windows and manages their queue.
• AudioPlayback — a set of controls for audio playback.
• MenuBar — a component that renders hierarchical data as a row of buttons with nested menus (using the Menu component)

On the Flex front, we have:

• AutoCompleteManager is a component that manages a set of input controls, popping up suggestions when a user types into one of the fields. Instead of replacing TextInput fields with a specific AutoComplete control, you can simply point the manager to one or more TextInputs, and you’ll get a slick pop-up or auto-fill interaction.
• Color Pickers:
  • ColorPlaneAndSliderPicker is a user interface component that allows the user to pick a color value. It combines a one-dimensional color slider with a two-dimensional color plane.
  • ColorSliderPicker is a user interface component for Flex that allows the user to pick a color value. It combines a set of sliders where each slider represents a component of a colorspace. For example, a ColorSliderPicker displaying an RGB color includes a red slider, a green slider, and a blue slider.
  • DropDownColorPicker is a user interface component for Flex that allows the user to pick a color value. Similar to the standard Flex ColorPicker control, the DropDownColorPicker also gives the developer the ability to completely change the dropdown control to give the user a variety of color views.
• IPv4AddressInput is a user interface component for Flex that allows the user to input an Internet Protocol version 4 address. This control includes a field for each separate byte and full keyboard navigation.
• TimeInput is a user interface component for Flex that allows the user to input a time value. This control include fields for hours, minutes, seconds, and AM/PM. Styling options allow the time to be presented in 12- or 24-hour formats.
• TimeStepper is a user interface component for Flex that allows the user to input a time value. This control include fields for hours, minutes, seconds, and AM/PM. Styling options allow the time to be presented in 12- or 24-hour formats. Up and down buttons allow the user to increase or decrease the currently selected field.

Among updates to the existing components:

• The Tree component has been updated with new functionality that makes it much easier to change node icons and control branch nodes (see examples).
• The Charts component now has animation, some adjustments to the PieChart live preview, and several bug fixes.

Head right over to the Flash Developer Center to read the documentation, check out the examples, and download the new builds. Don’t forget to tell us what you’ve done with all of this goodness in the ydn-flash group. King Friday is waiting!

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