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Here is a Video tutorial of how I created a custom Accordion from the Flex Components to respond to a ROLL_OVER event instead of a click. Full Explanation and source is included.

CustomAccordionFlexComponent

The Video

Source

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Well, I managed to get Adobe Captivate from my University and i am open to suggestions as to what Tutorials the Flex community would like me to do.  I will be recording as I am coding so anyone can follow along, watching and doing it at the same time. Anyways, If you have any suggestions just comment and I will start making them.  My first recording will probably be on the mysterious metadatas and namespaces and their uses.

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It took me a while to get it up and running so I thought to write about it to ease the process for others. Fedora 9 comes with its own “Eclipse” in the packages however when you try to install Flex it will complain about not finding the configuration directory. Here are the Steps you need to have it work.
1) Download Eclipse from here http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.3.2-200802211800/eclipse-SDK-3.3.2-linux-gtk.tar.gz . The one that comes with Fedora will not work
2)Unzip it in any directory of your choosing but keep track of where it is
3) Download the Adobe Flex Builder from here http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flex/flexbuilder_linux/

4) Perferably save it to the Desktop and rename it as Flex, unless you want to type all this in the terminal lexbuilder_linux_install_a3_033108.
5) Open a Terminal
6)write: cd Desktop
7) sh Flex.bin
8 ) It should Launch the Installer, Navigate to where you unzipped the Eclipse Folder
9) After Installation is Done, open that Eclipse and it should work.
Do not use the Standard eclipse that comes with Fedora 9.

Flex IDE Tip

22 Apr
2008
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For some reason this took me a while to figure out back when I started on Flex but to view the Source Code for the mx Classes in the Flex IDE just hold down CTRL+move your mouse cursor on top of the class and left click on it. It will open the Class in a new Tab.

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