Pure As3 Flash Date Picker
Although it is true that the flexibility and control of flash allows you to make anything you can imagine, sometimes “reinventing” a component with flash objects is not a quick and easy solution. Because flash is really not about choosing from a pre made set of components which allows for much greater creativity, but then you lose some some of the speed, dependability, and convenience of a platform with nice, pre-made components like flex or objective-C. I’ve personally gone through the head banging search of trying to figure out how to implement a date picker into a flash application, only to end up with a half-assed TextField in the end. Luckily, libraries and code reuse is one of the core strengths of flash, People can build their own components and share them. It’s just that someone needs to make the first one.
Well, that long-awaited day where we have flash date pickers is here! (well, by the time you read this the day is probably long gone, but the date pickers aren’t). Someone has finally made one, and his name is Chris Bristol. A generous developer and a new friend of mine, Chris is giving the date picker away for free for personal and commercial use. Find the date picker in his components bundle he’s calling the "AS3 Toolbox”. Chris is giving this great gem of code out to anyone and everyone so be sure to pick this up before he changes his mind! :)
You can find the date picker demo and source code here: http://www.xtydigitaldesign.ca/toolBox.php
While you're there check out some of Chris's other tutorials. To visit his tutorials page click the image below or the link here: http://www.xtydigitaldesign.ca
Well, that long-awaited day where we have flash date pickers is here! (well, by the time you read this the day is probably long gone, but the date pickers aren’t). Someone has finally made one, and his name is Chris Bristol. A generous developer and a new friend of mine, Chris is giving the date picker away for free for personal and commercial use. Find the date picker in his components bundle he’s calling the "AS3 Toolbox”. Chris is giving this great gem of code out to anyone and everyone so be sure to pick this up before he changes his mind! :)
You can find the date picker demo and source code here: http://www.xtydigitaldesign.ca/toolBox.php
While you're there check out some of Chris's other tutorials. To visit his tutorials page click the image below or the link here: http://www.xtydigitaldesign.ca