Dashed border around any component

Sorry if this a stupid question since I am very new to Flex.
But, I cannot set the dashed or dotted border around mx:Canvas (or
any other component for that matter). borderStyle allows only four
settings: solid, inset, outset and none.
Is there any easy way to achieve this?
Thank you

Here is an app using this class I posted to my web site,
ChikaraDev.com. You can right
click and select View Source.
DashBorderExample

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Custom dashed border

Hello everyone.
For a custom project I've created a PhotoViewer, that simply shows images and fades them in and out along with a title and some text. I wanted to create a dashed border to put around these images and created my own implementation of a UIComponent. I found a fantastic example here:
http://cookbooks.adobe.com/post_Creating_a_dashed_line_custom_border_with_dash_and-13286.h tml
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    import mx.core.UIComponent;
public class Dashborder extends UIComponent {
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    private var gaplen:Number = 5;
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Border around embedded swf object in IE 8

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Do a control-A (select all). This should put a selection outline around your image. Then do an Edit-Stroke. Define your Width in pixels, Color, and then choose Inside. Set blending to whatever you want (Normal for a solid color) and then the Opacity.
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Problem with white border around images

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Are your background images always going to be displayed left-aligned on a black background and always the same size, so that the left half of the logo will always be over the photo and the right half will always be over the black? Or will the size or placement of the photos vary?
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i have a main flash movie (main.fla) which has images placed
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Each image has an invisible button placed on it.. (ie: the
button has only
the hitarea defined and no rollover, down etc.)
NOTE: that the images are different in sizes. hence they have
different
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I tried making a movieclip of 200 x 200 in size with a 1px
border around it
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the images. BUT
i seem to be hacing the following problem-
1) for images that are larger in size than the border
movieclip.. the border
tends to thicken.
2) for images that are smaller than the border movieclip..
the border tends
to get more thinner
Required-
OnRollover of an image.. it should have a border around it,
inorder to
highlite the selected image. Lets say, a 1px border and red
in color. How do
i achieve this?
Would really appreciate if someone would provide a simple
code to achieve
this as i am not used to programming.
Please help..
thanx

yep, thats cause when you stretch your mc the lines will
stretch with it.
if you are using flash 8, use the 9slice guides.
for the mc that contains your border go into the preferances,
and you will find a check box for the 9slice thingy (technical
term)
check that, then double click on the library symbel to edit
it.
you will find flash has drawn four dashed lines.
move these so that they mark the inward edge of your borders.
basically the area inside these guides stretches normally
the corners don't stretch
and the edges stretch either horizonally or vertically
for more info look in the help.
oh, and don't transform (rotate skew etc) your mc once on the
stage or you'll loose your slices...
best

Red Border Around Image

Hi,
In Photoshop CS3 I'm creating a 5 x5 pixel image in a green color. On my canvas it shows it completely green. I then emboss it. Before and after I emboss it I look at the navigator window and I see this red border around the green image. After I save it as a PSD file and then bring it into Dreamweaver, I can see the red border when viewing in IE. I tried making the background and foreground green but still a red border. Am I missing something?
Thanks
Steve

You're confusing some things...
The red rectangle in the Navigator window has nothing to do with the content of your image. It shows you what part of your image you're looking at in the main window.
If you're saving your file an seeing the red border in the image, you have somehow saved the red color in the image, or the way you're using the image has put a border around it. For example, put in a web page a certain way a browser might put a border around the image to indicate that it's a link. I'm not familiar with DreamWeaver, but I suspect from what you're describing the red isn't really in the image.
Do you see the red in the image when you use an image viewer to view the file from within your folder?
Please post the image here (use the little camera icon just above where you type) and we'll let you know if we see any red.
-Noel

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