User Guide
54 Chapter 2: Flex Builder Tutorials
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Make sure the Flex server is started, and then press F12 to run the flexstore.mxml file in
a browser.
The file should look similar to the following figure:
If the Results panel displays validation errors, carefully retrace the preceding steps. If you get a
server error, make sure the testing server is correctly defined in Flex Builder. For more
information, see “Define a Flex Builder site” on page 25.
Activate the catalog view buttons
According to the functional specifications, the Flex Store application should give the user the
ability to switch between the grid view and the thumbnail view of the product catalog. The user
interface contains two buttons for that purpose at the lower edge of the product catalog, as in the
following figure:
In this part of the tutorial, you configure the view buttons so that the user can switch views.