Anthony,

I have not yet seen a date based, chronological timeline component built in
Flex.  I very much would like to.  So please post back if you find one or if
you create one you might consider sharing.

Following is a link to a thread from last October on this topic on
Flexcoders.  At the following link be sure to review each post on that
thread along the bottom of each page:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/message/51950

One poster, Frank (fsawitzki), had posted a link to "the current status of
my project" but the link is now dead.  I am cc'ing Frank's email here
because I don't know if he is on this list where you have posted.  Maybe
Frank has a complete Flex solution he can share with us?  :-)

Anyhow, this has been done several times in Flash.  At the link above I
included links to two good Flash projects.  Both were done at universities
so they may be open to collaboration to update them to Flex.  The FLA is
included in the download from:
http://dmc.umn.edu/flash/timeline/

Following are a few more random links related to Flash based chronological
timelines.

No source, but beautiful sample (click on 'Timeline' on the bottom of the
window):
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/formats/container_en.html
Following is the link to the blog post that led me to this beautiful
Rijksmuseum timeline.  I see the author Rick Companje's email on the blog,
so I am cc'ing him here.  Here is the blog link:
http://www.companje.nl/index.php/2005/11/15/historical-timeline-for-the-rijksmuseum-amsterdam
It certainly would be amazing if functionality such as this could released
as a Flex component.

Downloadable FLA (Interesting in that it this was authored by the amazing
Patrick Mineault of 5etdemi.com <http://www.5etdemi.com/blog/> and AMFPHP
fame)
http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Scripting/XML/Interact-Patrick_-9303/index.php

Downloadble FLA $29.95 -- Flash Timeline & Project History Template
http://www.templatekit.com/tstore/product_info.php?products_id=42

Again, please do post back if you any sources implemented in Flex or if you
create one you might consider sharing.

hth,

g


On 5/4/07, Persaud, Anthony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

   Is there a simple timeline component for Flex? (That if they hover over
specific dates, a small popup shows up with information)? I wanted to know
before I start trying to build my own.

Thanks,


Anthony



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