frameworks/projects/spark/asdoc/en_US/spark/components/examples/ApplicationContainerExample.mxml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!-- Simple example to demonstrate Spark Application component -->
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
    xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" 
    xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark">
    <s:layout>
        <s:VerticalLayout paddingTop="10" paddingLeft="10"/>
    </s:layout>

    <!-- Define the controls for the control bar area. -->
    <s:controlBarContent>
        <mx:MenuBar height="100%" 
            dataProvider="{menuXML}" 
            labelField="@label" 
            showRoot="true"/>
        <s:HGroup paddingBottom="5" 
            paddingTop="5">
            <s:TextInput id="myTI" text=""/>

            <!-- Open the Alert control when selected. -->            
            <s:Button id="srch1" 
                label="Search" 
                click="Alert.show('Searching');"/>
        </s:HGroup>
    </s:controlBarContent>
    
    <!-- Import the Alert control. -->
    <fx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.controls.Alert;
        ]]>
    </fx:Script>
    
    <fx:Declarations>
        <fx:XMLList id="menuXML">
            <fx:menuitem label="File">
                <fx:menuitem label="New" data="New"/>
                <fx:menuitem label="Open" data="Open"/>
                <fx:menuitem label="Save" data="Save"/>
                <fx:menuitem label="Exit" data="Exit"/>
            </fx:menuitem>
            <fx:menuitem label="Edit">
                <fx:menuitem label="Cut" data="Cut"/>
                <fx:menuitem label="Copy" data="Copy"/>
                <fx:menuitem label="Paste" data="Paste"/>
            </fx:menuitem>
            <fx:menuitem label="View"/>
        </fx:XMLList>        
    </fx:Declarations>

    <s:Panel title="Spark Application Container Example"
            width="75%" height="75%">
        <mx:TextArea text="An Application container with a control bar area." 
            width="300" height="200"
            color="blue"/>        
    </s:Panel>    
</s:Application>