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Figure 5 shows the result of allowing the mouse pointer to hover over the leftmost button.

Mouse pointer hovering over the leftmost button.

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Mouse pointer hovering over the leftmost button.

Hovering over the button with the mouse pointer causes the button to switch to the overSkin style exposing the top image in the second column in Figure 1.

Note that the rightmost button has been toggled from frog skins to butterfly skins in Figure 5.

Mouse pointer pressed on the leftmost button

Figure 6 shows the result of pointing to the leftmost button and pressing the left mouse button.

Mouse pointer pressed on the leftmost button.

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Mouse pointer pressed on the leftmost button.

This causes the button to switch to the downSkin style exposing the top image in the third column in Figure 1.

Discussion and sample code

Skins01 project file structure

Figure 7 shows the project file structure for the Flex project named Skins01.

Skins01 project file structure.

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Skins01 project file structure.

The image in Figure 7 was captured from the Flex Navigator panel in the Flex Builder 3 IDE.

Eight images

The eight images shown in Figure 1 are listed in the Images folder in Figure 7.

Three custom button classes

The three custom button classes and the driver class illustrated by Figure 2 through Figure 6 are listed in the CustomClasses folder in Figure 7.

The MXML application file

And of course, the Flex MXML file is shown as Skins01.mxml in Figure 7.

Custom button classes are very similar

The three custom button classes are very similar. The class named FancyButton is the most complex of the three. Therefore, I will explain the class named FancyButton in detail but I won't explain the other two custom button classes.

In addition, I will explain the MXML file named Skins01.mxml and the class file named Driver.as .

Will explain in fragments

I will explain the code in fragments. Complete listings of all of the source code files are provided in Listing 8 through Listing 12 near the end ofthe lesson.

The file named Skins01.mxml

A complete listing of this file is shown in Listing 1. In addition, a complete listing is also provided in Listing 8 near the end of the lesson alongwith the code for all of the other files in this application.

Complete listing for skins01.mxml.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"xmlns:cc="CustomClasses.*"><cc:Driver/></mx:Application>

The code in Listing 1 couldn't be simpler. It declares a namespace for the folder containing the four class files in Figure 7 and instantiates anobject of the class named Driver . In this case, the Flex application is simply serving as a launch pad for the ActionScript program.

The file named Driver.as

The class named Driver begins in Listing 2. A complete listing of this class file is provided in Listing 9 near the end of the lesson.

Beginning of the class named driver.

package CustomClasses{ import flash.events.*;import mx.containers.HBox;public class Driver extends HBox{private var bFlyButton:ButterflyButton = new ButterflyButton();private var frogButton:FrogButton = new FrogButton(); private var fancyButton:FancyButton =new FancyButton();

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