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Dynamically adding paragraphs to a Spark RichText control in Flex 4 | Flex Examples

http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/10/09/dynamically-adding-paragraphs-to-a-spark-richtext-control-in-flex-4/ The following example shows how you can dynamically add paragraphs to a TextFlow in a Spark RichText control by creating a new SpanElement ( ) and ParagraphElement ( ) object and then adding the spans and paragraphs to the textFlow object using the addChild() method.
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For the past 175 years, the The National Library of Medicine in Bethesda has been building the world’s largest collection of biomedical images, artifacts, and ephemera. With more than 17 million items spanning ten centuries, it’s a treasure trove of rare, obscure, extravagant wonders, most of which remain unseen by the public and unknown even to historians, librarians, and curators. Until now. Hidden Treasure , following on the heels of The Art of Medicine , is an exquisite large-format volume that culls some of the most fascinating, surprising, beautiful, gruesome, and idiosyncratic objects from the Library’s collection in 450 full-color illustrations. From rare “magic lantern slides” doctors used to entertain and cure inmates at the St.
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http://www.openculture.com/ Today we’re bringing you a roundup of some of the great Science Fiction, Fantasy and Dystopian classics available on the web. And what better way to get started than with Aldous Huxley reading a dramatized recording of his 1932 novel, Brave New World . The reading aired on the CBS Radio Workshop in 1956. You can listen to Part 1 here and Part 2 here .
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