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flex-practice/03f3-composite-component/components/ComboBoxDateEntry.mxml

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
+// Copyright 2007 Adobe Systems Incorporated
+// All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// NOTICE:  Adobe permits you to use, modify, and distribute this file in accordance with the
+// terms of the Adobe license agreement accompanying it.  If you have received this file from a
+// source other than Adobe, then your use, modification, or distribution of it requires the prior
+// written permission of Adobe.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+-->
+<mx:HBox xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
+    xmlns:me="components.*"
+    creationComplete="init()">
+    <mx:Script>
+    	<![CDATA[
+
+    		//create bindable variables to share with components
+	      	[Bindable]
+	     	private var days:Array = new Array();
+
+      		[Bindable]
+      		private var years:Array = new Array();
+
+      		private function init():void{
+
+      			//get current date
+      			var now:Date = new Date();
+
+      			//populate day array
+        		for(var i:int=1; i<=31; i++){
+          			this.days.push(i);
+        		}
+        		//populate the years array up to the current year
+       			for(var j:int=1950; j<=now.getFullYear(); j++){
+          			this.years.push(j);
+        		}
+
+        		//select the display values for the combo boxes based on the current date
+        		this.daysCB.selectedIndex = days.indexOf(now.getDate());
+        		this.yearsCB.selectedIndex = years.indexOf(now.getFullYear());
+      		}
+
+
+     ]]>
+  </mx:Script>
+
+  <me:ComboBoxMonths id="monthsCB"/>
+  <mx:ComboBox id="daysCB" dataProvider="{this.days}" width="50"/>
+  <mx:ComboBox id="yearsCB" dataProvider="{this.years}" width="65"/>
+</mx:HBox>

flex-practice/03f3-composite-component/components/ComboBoxMonths.mxml

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
+// Copyright 2007 Adobe Systems Incorporated
+// All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// NOTICE:  Adobe permits you to use, modify, and distribute this file in accordance with the
+// terms of the Adobe license agreement accompanying it.  If you have received this file from a
+// source other than Adobe, then your use, modification, or distribution of it requires the prior
+// written permission of Adobe.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+-->
+<mx:ComboBox xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" initialize="init()">
+	<mx:Script>
+		<![CDATA[
+			import mx.formatters.DateFormatter;
+
+			//variable does not need to be bindable since it is not shared or changed after creation.
+			private var months:Array = new Array();
+			private var dateformatter:DateFormatter = new DateFormatter();
+
+			private function init():void{
+				var i:int;
+				//get the date
+				var now:Date = new Date();
+				//set current month
+				var currentMonth:int = now.getMonth();
+				//format the string to show only the month
+				dateformatter.formatString = "MMMM";
+
+				//loop 12 times
+				for (i=0; i<12; i++){
+					//change the month of the date
+					now.setMonth(i);
+					//poplate the array with the month string
+					months[i] = dateformatter.format(now);
+				}
+
+				//set the array as the dataprovider of this combobox
+				this.dataProvider = months;
+				//select current month
+				this.selectedIndex = currentMonth;
+			}
+		]]>
+	</mx:Script>
+</mx:ComboBox>
+