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Mihai Corlan

Mihai Corlan

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Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Introducing the Text Layout Framework library
  3. Understanding the components and capabilities
  4. Example: Using the Text Layout Framework in Flex and AIR
Created:
16 February 2009
User Level:
Intermediate
Products:
Flex

Using the Text Layout Framework in Flex 3.2 and AIR 1.5

The goal of this article is to introduce you to the Text Layout Framework library for Adobe Flash Player 10 and Adobe AIR 1.5 and to demonstrate how you can use it to display rich text inside of the Flash Player 10 and Adobe AIR 1.5 runtimes. I will not cover all the possibilities of this framework, but I will give you enough of a push to help

Requirements

In order to make the most of this article, you need the following software and files:

Text Layout Framework

Flex Builder 3

Flex SDK 3.2

Sample files:

Note: You can import the example_text_layout_famework.zip archive into Flex Builder using Import > Flex Builder > Flex Project.

If you don't have Flex SDK 3.2 available in your version of Flex Builder, download the SDK and add it to Flex Builder.

Prerequisite knowledge

You should be familiar with Flex, XML, and ActionScript 3.0 as well as Flex Builder to make the most of this article.

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About the author

Mihai Corlan is a platform evangelist at Adobe. Before that, he worked with Flex Builder as a computer scientist. Before joining Adobe, Mihai was a senior developer with InterAKT Online (acquired by Adobe in 2006), where he worked on web products such as e-shops, newsletters, and surveys or on RAD tools for web developers. Visit Mihai's blog.