Flash Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v3.03, by Dr. Herong Yang
Spark Component Architecture
This section describes the Spark component architecture introduced in Flex 4 to replace the MX component architecture in previous Flex versions.
The biggest change to Flex 4 is the introduction of a new skinning and component architecture called Spark. According to Adobe document, Spark is introduced to meet these goals:
The Spark component architecture is represented as:
Flex 4 offers a default component container called "Application" in the Spark component architecture. The "Application" container has a default size of 375x500 pixels and a default frameRate of 24 fps.
To use "Application" container in ActionScript API, you can extend a sub class from spark.components.Application class.
To use "Application" container in MXML API, you can use the Spark Application element:
<s:Application xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"> ... </s:Application>
Table of Contents
Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Firefox
Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Chrome
Adobe Flash Player Plugin for Safari
Adobe Flash Player ActiveX for IE
Using "object" Elements for Flash Files
Using "embed" Elements for Flash Files
"mp3player" - MP3 Music Player
SWFObject - Hidding "object" behind JavaScript
SWFTools - SWF File Manipulation Tools
SWFC Script to Generate Flash SWF Files
ActionScript Embedded in SWFC Script
AS3Compile - ActionScript 3 Compiler
Downloading and Installing Flex SDK 4.1
MXML Example Using Spark Components
Compiling ActionScript 3 Scripts with 'mxmlc'
Dumping SWF Files Containing ActionScript 3 Statements
Dumping SWF Files Generated from ActionScript 3 Classes
Dumping SWF Files Generated from MXML Applications