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ILOG Elixir is not free, but if highly customizable data visual-

ization

is a requirement for your Flex applications it’s a lot

easier to buy this package than it would be to write it yourself.

Advanced Flash Components

Flex is built on top of Flash, so you can use Flash components

in your Flex application directly. This allows you to use a wide

variety of off-the-shelf Flash components, including the Flash

components available from Advanced Flash Components

(AFC; http://www.afcomponents.com/). Figure 7-4 shows an

application built using three of AFC’s components: a scroll

panel, a 2D carousel, and an enhanced tool tip control.

AFC also provides a mapping control that uses Google maps,

as well as a 3D flow list similar to the Cover Flow 3D interface

that you find in iTunes. And the company keeps developing

new controls every few months.

In fact, the great thing about the Flex and Flash community is

that components are being developed by open source and

commercial groups all the time. Even if you don’t find what

you need today, you might find someone releasing it a month

from now.

Figure 7-4. An example use of AFC components

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