Blog Detail
Rico on Flex
http://ricoonflex.wordpress.com
Rico’s contributions to the Adobe Flex community, includes tips, tutorials, and news.
Recent Posts
Skinning a CheckBox in Degrafa: The Missing Override
A CheckBox in Flex is essentially a Button with a built in icon to visually describe the checked/unchecked state. The difference however becomes obvious when skinning. If you skin the CheckBox the same way you skin a normal Button, you’ll end ...
Vibrant Ink Theme in Flex Builder 3
I wanted to change the color scheme of Flex Builder to something more pleasing to the eyes. I’m used to coding with the default color scheme but I wanted to try something new and perhaps as a bonus help me code longer by reducing eye strain an...
Better Button Strokes in Degrafa
View Sample | Source Code Degrafa supports strokes but the output is a little disappointing. A quick solution is to apply age-old Photoshop skills. And that is to create a smaller shape enclosed inside another shape to mimic a stroke. The containing...
Right Way to Extract Degrafa SWC in Mac OS
Degrafa is a powerful open source graphics framework for Flex. I’m really excited to use it on my current project. But one minor issue I encountered early on is extracting the zipped Degrafa SWC file in Mac OS. When you double click on the zip...
How to Run TortoiseSVN in Mac OS X
TortoiseSVN is my favorite SVN tool, unfortunately it only runs in Windows. And now that I’m using a Mac, I really miss its functionality and ease of use. Yes you can run SVN in the terminal but it’s a hassle when you’re trying to a...
Wireless Internet Connection Sharing in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)
At first I couldn’t find any obvious way of making this work so I thought it was going to be another frustrating process. After a bit of research I stumbled upon this post on how easy it is to share an existing (non-WiFi) internet connection t...

