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A quick and short example of loading data (in this case from a XML file) using the wonderfully simple HTTPService in Flex 3. Thanks to data binding nearly all of the work is done for us. In this simple example I load a very simple XML file into an array and that is displayed in a datagrid with a data source binding to the array of loaded data.

A PanelStack is an combination of a ViewStack and Panel.

We’re going to keep this post lean and mean, and get down to business with 10 Tips that will keep your Flex applications fast, lean, and responsive.

The Flex 4 (codename: Gumbo) beta release is a major change from Flex 3. The Flex 4 beta introduces a new component and skinning architecture. As a Flex 3 developer, however, you will likely not encounter too many challenges when compiling Flex 3 applications with the Flex 4 beta, since a goal of the new release is to maintain backwards compatibility with Flex 3.

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The following example shows how you can add custom context menu items to a Flex application by creating new ContextMenuItem objects and adding them to the Flex application’s customItems array (via the contextMenu property).